There is no such thing as abstract art, or else all art is abstract, which amounts to the same thing. Abstract art… — Jean Dubuffet Copy Share Image
I do see myself as the heir to a vast, great, rich culture of painting - of art in general - which… — Gerhard Richter Copy Share Image
I tried to exploit such freedom to create those drawings like if I was a boy. I tried to draw with that… — Alex Abreu Copy Share Image
“The art of one's own time tends to be formidable . . . because we have to learn how and where to… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
I don't know if I'm an impressionist or an expressionist. You can call me an American first... I've been labeled doing neimanism,… — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
All of my art is suitcase-sized. I always paint in mediums that dry pretty quickly because I've got to throw them in… — Alison Mosshart Copy Share Image
It is, of course, a luxury to create art and, on top of this, to insist on expressing one's own artistic opinion.… — Max Beckmann Copy Share Image
Some people in the art world bemoan the hedge fund millionaires spending freely to acquire ostentatious displays of wealth and coolth for… — Charles Saatchi Copy Share Image
Your right. We do spend a lot of time worrying about our looks, instead of focusing on what's inside. - Raven The… — Ellen Schreiber Copy Share Image
You don't have to have angst to be an artist, but it's grist to the mill. If you want to explore the… — Cornelia Parker Copy Share Image
The painter doesn't try to reproduce the scene before him... he simplifies and eliminates until he knows exactly what stirred him, sets… — David Milne Copy Share Image
“And don’t forget that it is the press, the pulpit, and the university that mould public opinion, set the thought-pace of the… — Jack London Copy Share Image
Coming from Britain, I was terrified of meeting all these other artists, because artists over there tend to fight with each other… — Thom Yorke Copy Share Image
“If the halls of the Hermitage should suddenly go mad, if the paintings of all schools and masters should suddenly break loose… — Osip Mandelstam Copy Share Image
The oceans of art are awash with people who can't paint. When those who can't paint notice those who can, they are… — Robert Genn Copy Share Image
One of the ongoing themes of my work of interest has been the idea of the inevitably of disintegration, of entropy, constant… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
A painting or sculpture not modelled on any real object is every bit as concrete and sensuous as a leaf or a… — Hans Arp Copy Share Image
One challenge, if you do a website, a Youtube channel, Twitter, Facebook, Myspace, Ping, other things like that, is you don't have… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
Incompatibilists will tell you that a work of art has no meaning unless the artists could have chosen to create a different… — Nomy Arpaly Copy Share Image
I have never expected anything from my work but the satisfaction I could get from it by the very fact of painting… — Frida Kahlo Copy Share Image
Art is not the most precious manifestation of life. Art has not the celestial and universal value that people like to attribute… — Tristan Tzara Copy Share Image
I got my first tattoo when I was 14-years-old. Unfortunately I didn't need a signature, which I probably shouldn't of got done,… — DeAndre Hopkins Copy Share Image
“Life. Life is a show. It's up to you how to make your own story, do your own show and how to… — Happy Positivity Copy Share Image
I'm kind of loath to pick one project over another or whatever. You go into every film sort of thinking it'll be… — Cillian Murphy Copy Share Image
“Sylvia would have taken it seriously- so strong was her devotion to the innate intelligence of form. Those pretty tools like glue… — Elizabeth Winder Copy Share Image
“The true artist has no pride. He sees unfortunately that art has no limits; he has a vague awareness of how far… — Ludwig van Beethoven Copy Share Image
It's always a bit risky, when you put yourself out there with somebody in a collaboration, but I think we learn things… — Yukimi Nagano Copy Share Image
When you're from the East Coast or you're from the South, people expect you to sound a certain way. So if you… — Wiz Khalifa Copy Share Image
Art makes you see people as individual, unique human beings. Art, in that way, allows us to see each other in particulate,… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
I don't believe in originality in art. I think we exist on this earth to inspire each other, through our actions, through… — Bill Viola Copy Share Image
I think that watching artists, soulful artists, they get into it. It's always the way I perform, so when I'm on stage… — Justin Nozuka Copy Share Image
The world loves a clone and a good knock-off. It cheats the artist... In the obsession for technical wizardry, people disappear; and… — Alonzo King Copy Share Image
what a writer does is to try to make sense of life. I think that's what writing is, I think that's what… — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
I think every musician is different, every artist is different, and in a perfect world people would be able to pursue their… — Emily Haines Copy Share Image
“I saw a painting once where the artist had actually done that--signed his work in blood. ... When I saw that, I… — Neil Bartlett Copy Share Image
Even St. Teresa said, "I can pray better when I'm comfortable," and she refused to wear her haircloth shirt or starve herself.… — Katherine Anne Porter Copy Share Image
For me, the heyday was in 1959. It was before the Ferus Gallery moved across the street, in the days when Ed… — Billy Al Bengston Copy Share Image
In an industry that's uncertain and when you're in a lot of situations that are anxiety-causing, to have someone there who has… — Dee Rees Copy Share Image
“My art is that of the 35mm kind; my poetry is of the lead and ink kind; my happiness is of the… — Jeremy Aldana Copy Share Image
Portland is a place where you can find a community as a feminist, a vegan or a fat activist. Artists, musicians, knitters,… — Beth Ditto Copy Share Image