Many works of the past complete what they announce they are going to do, to our increasing boredom. Certain others plague me… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
I'm an artist, and expressing myself in a sexual way, no matter how that changes throughout the years, is something that has… — Christina Aguilera Copy Share Image
I'm not against art fairs, in fact this last one I even made money, but the concept is really disgusting. If you're… — Lawrence Weiner Copy Share Image
In his garden every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation. Each within his green enclosure is a creator,… — Louise Wilder Copy Share Image
I've learned over the years that the best way to develop as an artist is to make things. So I tell young… — Liane Balaban Copy Share Image
There are street artists. Street musicians. Street actors. But there are no street physicists. A little known secret is that a physicist… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
As nearly as possible in the spirit of Matthew Salinger, age one, urging a luncheon companion to accept a cool lima bean,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The artist is a collector. Not a hoarder, mind you, there's a difference: Hoarders collect indiscriminately, artists collect selectively. They only collect… — Austin Kleon Copy Share Image
I have always dreamt of becoming an artist, and I have always pursued that dream. But I’ve had to realize, that I… — Finn Juhl Copy Share Image
While I recommend studying the art from artists, Nature is and must be the fountain which alone is inexhaustible, and from which… — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
I have the gift of neither the spoken nor the written word, especially if I have to say something about myself or… — Gustav Klimt Copy Share Image
I take cabs if I need to get somewhere or I take car service. I don't drive, I wouldn't mind riding a… — ASAP Rocky Copy Share Image
For several years I've been writing 100-word pieces. More recently I've been putting them together in groups of two and three. I… — Jim Moore Copy Share Image
Art is an expression of joy and awe. It is not an attempt to share one's virtues and accomplishments with the audience,… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
To understand Occupy Wall Street, you have to understand artists. Art is freedom - freedom of expression - and its message has… — Peter M. Brant Copy Share Image
Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make him a… — Eugen Herrigel Copy Share Image
A man becomes creative, whether he is an artist or scientist, when he finds a new unity in the variety of nature.… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
“Right here people might bring up Vincent van Gogh as an example of a painter who did great work in spite of—or… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
I always wanted to have a young female artist that would tell me the truth about life and not only talk about… — Beatrice Miller Copy Share Image
Hurry ruins saints as well as artists. They want quick success, and they are in such a hurry to get it that… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
Statistically in the UK, there are so many fewer female composers than male songwriters and they're marketed in a way that -… — Kate Nash Copy Share Image
Louise Bonnet is a Los Angeles-based painter of round, fleshy, almost obscene shapes and people. But hers is a very clean, friendly… — Miranda July Copy Share Image
The summit charms us, the steps to it do not; with the heights before our eyes, we like to linger in the… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
"The Cursed Wheel" is the heart of the whole year on All-Star. All-Star is a series that's largely compartmentalized so that every… — Scott Snyder Copy Share Image
I decided to start anew-to strip away what I had been taught, to accept as true my own thinking. This was one… — Georgia O'Keeffe Copy Share Image
The artist who really loves people loves them so well the way they are he sees no need to disguise their characteristics-he… — Dawn Powell Copy Share Image
I hate it when people say that art shouldnt be a commodity. A lot of the rooms in museums, and all the… — Grayson Perry Copy Share Image
Art becomes a spiritual process depending upon the degree of commitment that you bring to it. Every experience becomes direct food for… — Nick Bantock Copy Share Image
If some student came up and wanted to know where to study painting, you'd want to suggest someplace, but there's no place.… — Ad Reinhardt Copy Share Image
“The work of art is the object seen sub specie aeternitatis [i.e., under the aspect of eternity]; and the good life is… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
“When carving stone, the sculptor removes everything that is not the statue. […] The art of revealing beauty lies in removing what… — Judith Hanson Lasater Copy Share Image
A sense of community has always been important to me. I understood very early that I could not grow as an artist… — Jerry Pinkney Copy Share Image
There are a few artists that I'm really into. I mean, I'm a big Nick Cave fan. And there's a band from… — J. Robbins Copy Share Image
It's really interesting with art-movies too, but art especially - to see how your attitude toward artists and works and your level… — Richard Hell Copy Share Image
I paint stupid things; that's what I do. I can't think of anything more boring than a really beautiful thing. You have… — Billy Al Bengston Copy Share Image
Chase used to say, 'When you're looking at your canvas and worrying about it, try to think of your canvas as the… — Charles Webster Hawthorne Copy Share Image
I haven't done much art shopping in Vegas. It tends to be from galleries that are London- or L.A.- or New York-based.… — David Furnish Copy Share Image
A lot of times, politics, global issues are very black and white. There is a place for that, but it's also fantastic… — Du Yun Copy Share Image
Ever since I was very young, as far back as I can remember, I have loved making pictures. I knew even as… — Eric Carle Copy Share Image
“A genuine work of art must mean many things; the truer its art, the more things it will mean. If my drawing,… — George MacDonald Copy Share Image
![“The work of art is the object seen sub specie aeternitatis [i.e., under the aspect of eternity]; and the good life is the world seen sub specie aeternitatis. This is the connection between art and ethics.” quote by Ludwig Wittgenstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/996/ludwig-wittgenstein-582_art_the-work-of-art-is-the-object-seen-sub-s_268451.png)
![“When carving stone, the sculptor removes everything that is not the statue. […] The art of revealing beauty lies in removing what conceals it. So, too, Patanjali [in the Yoga Sutras] tells us that wholeness exists within us. Our work is to chisel away at everything that is not essence, not Self.” quote by Judith Hanson Lasater](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e3/judith-hanson-lasater-12396_art_when-carving-stone-the-sculptor-removes_1557036.jpg)
