Artist Quotes · Page 470

“Even the beauty of the landscape was an abstraction, like the beauty of a man in an advertisement for a cologne you…

— Garth Risk Hallberg

Nothing has a more sinister effect on art than the artist's desire to prove that he's good. The terrible temptation of idealism!

— Philip Roth

“it was in that uncertain state of mind that he began to sketch her face (12)”

— Émile Zola

...combining the concrete and the universal is at the center of what makes art important.

— Robert Adams

As an artist, my concern is toward the synthesizing of all the visual elements at my disposal - at the exclusion of…

— Ken Danby

Every masterpiece is just dirt and ash put together in some perfect way.

— Chuck Palahniuk

All inspired painters are impressionists, even though it be true that some impressionists are not inspired.

— Joaquin Sorolla

And it's possible to monetize your art without compromising the integrity of it for commerce.

— Nipsey Hussle

I've never had a problem with someone saying "yeah you're pretty, but you can't rap." In fact, I've heard things about other…

— Jacki-O

Art and science work in quite different ways: agreed. But, bad as it may sound, I have to admit that I cannot…

— Bertolt Brecht

And it was about then, about that time, that I began to find life unsatisfactory as an explanation of itself and was…

— Tennessee Williams

The contradictory, consuming, contested relationship between detail and whole, event an eventuality, breathes fire and wisdom in every great work of art.

— Russell Sherman

I don't have specific music for when I'm writing. I'm usually listening to the same playlist or 'artist' before I arrive at…

— Tao Lin

An artist's responsibility is a lot. I can't deny and escape from the responsibility. You have to be very guarded about your…

— Chiranjeevi

I didn't die young. So I am very lucky. There are other artists and people that didn't survive certain things... people can…

— Angelina Jolie

All that is good in art is the expression of one soul talking to another, and is precious according to the greatness…

— John Ruskin

My work ethic is crazy. I'm a producer, an artist, and a video director.

— Travis Scott

I think, as an artist, I wear a lot of different hats, and people have to join all of the dots.

— Labrinth

You can't be both a painter and a musician and master anything. You can't. And live a life.

— Brian Chippendale

I always look for opportunities where I can prove my mettle as a versatile artist.

— Bhuvan Bam

An empty canvas is a living wonder — far lovelier than certain pictures.

— Wassily Kandinsky

What is one to think of those fools who tell one that the artist is always subordinate to nature? Art is a…

— Paul Cezanne

A successful artist is inspired by his muse, and his muse is inspired by the payment of a commission.

— Robert Breault

Maybe I am not very human - what I wanted to do was to paint sunlight on the side of a house.

— Edward Hopper

There has never been a boy painter, nor can there be. The art requires a long apprenticeship, being mechanical, as well as…

— John Constable

This helpful book on the role of the arts fills a significant gap in the growing literature on holistic faith-based programs.

— Ronald J. Sider

The artist does not illustrate science (but) he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does.

— Lewis Mumford

My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it.

— Jean-Michel Basquiat

I believe that artists should be part of the culture. I think that my work clearly bears that out.

— Kehinde Wiley

I've worked with a lot of directors, some of them you wouldn't really attach the word 'artist' to their name.

— Mark Mothersbaugh

Mother Nature is the true artist and our job as cooks is to allow her to shine.

— Marco Pierre White

A man climbs a mountain because it is there. An artist makes a work of art because it is not there.

— Carl Andre

A lot of artists say, I'm not political. People are afraid of this word.

— Holly Near

The mother art is architecture. Without an architecture of our own we have no soul of our own civilization.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

The heart is an artist that paints over what profoundly disturbs it, leaving on the canvas a less dark, less sharp version…

— Dean Koontz

The literary artist lends verbal depth to the visual. The visual artist provides visible articulation for the literary.

— Aberjhani

To create a work of art, great or small, is work, hard work, and work requires discipline and order.

— Madeleine L'Engle

Art is a refining and evocative translation of the materials of the world.

— Gwendolyn Brooks

I love my sculptures, and I was lucky I had them for 50 years because no one would look at them and…

— Cy Twombly

To draw is to make an idea precise. Drawing is the precision of thought.

— Henri Matisse