All painting, beginning with Impressionism, is antiscientific, even Seurat. I was interested in introducing the precise and exact aspect of science, which… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
Not only do we end up with a vivid, surprising and soulful sense of one artist and his work, but Leigh also… — Dave Calhoun Copy Share Image
“Nature is beautiful because it looks like Art; and Art can only be called beautiful if we are conscious of it as… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
Making drawings with text in the first place, it really was born of a desire to be economic, and to do things… — David Shrigley Copy Share Image
I think that I would really like at first for the art to speak for itself. I don't see the need for… — Allie X Copy Share Image
You're always in a box, and you're an escape artist if you do what I do - or if you're a creative… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“These days any planned thing looked good to me. What heaven to have your work cut out for you, to be part… — Laurie Colwin Copy Share Image
It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realise his ideal. But the true tragedy… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I always feel as if I stood naked for the fire of Almighty God to go through me--and it's rather an awful… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
For the mass of men the idea of artistic creation can only be expressed by an idea unpopular in present discussions -… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Who are the happiest people on earth? A craftsman or artist whistling over a job well done. A little child building sand… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
“2. Craftsmanship goes from an outlet for aesthetic expression to being dominated by functional considerations; craftsmanship wanes as a place to cultivate… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
Each painting seems to have a very specific size it wants to be. I have even started a painting or two over… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
A good producer brings out the best in the artist he's working with. You shouldn't be able to listen to something and… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
The artist may rightly venture the opinion that he does not convey ideas, does not preach, nor that he intents to convert… — Antoni Tapies Copy Share Image
Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius - and I… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
If you're not operating on an instinctive level, you're not an artist… Reason over emotion is bullshit, absolute bullshit... We suffocate ourselves… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
People say if you keep making work and keep putting it out, better things will come. I think artists should never forget… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
I don't really have control over my direct impression on people anymore. I used to be the person putting my CD in… — Chance the Rapper Copy Share Image
Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
As an artist, I think it's critical for keeping yourself alive that you try to get your hands into something a little… — Maggie Siff Copy Share Image
“This is not an age favourable to the development of artistic genius; it may be that for a time all forms of… — Elizabeth Jenkins Copy Share Image
The public has always, and in every age, been badly brought up. They are continually asking Art to be popular, to please… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Art is a luxury. It's not necessary for you to - you can work your job and you can make some money… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
The precision of their goals allows conceptual artists to be satisfied that they have produced one or more works that achieve a… — David Galenson Copy Share Image
The real truthfulness of all works of imagination, sculpture, painting, and written fiction, is so purely in the imagination, that the artist… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Einstein is notmerely an artist in his moments of leisure and play, as a great statesman may play golf or a great… — Havelock Ellis Copy Share Image
One thing that I am becoming to learn is that you've got to have patience and wait your turn in this game.… — Omarion Copy Share Image
Once, Picasso was asked what his paintings meant. He said, “Do you ever know what the birds are singing? You don’t. But… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
Everything is gestation and bringing forth. To let each impression and each germ of feeling come to completion wholly in itself, in… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
Being unique seems more desirable than ever. People are exhausted by clichés, by platitudes, by mass-produced realities, by what's been done and… — Porochista Khakpour Copy Share Image
Art, if it is successful in the task of questioning reality, if it is good painting and not merely a performance of… — Patrick Swift Copy Share Image
Say you are doing a portrait and the face is perfectly done, but the rest of it is done in brushstrokes. That… — Michael Snow Copy Share Image
What's happening in the larger world always influences art. When I first started the gallery in 1959, one of the first things… — Virginia Dwan Copy Share Image
Through our own creative experience we came to know that the real tradition in art is not housed only in museums and… — Lawren Harris Copy Share Image
The person who appreciates a great work of art has the feeling that the work grows in him as he becomes involved… — Silvano Arieti Copy Share Image
My boyfriend has always been a collector of art. He once rang up Paul Kenton and asked him to paint a New… — Amy Macdonald Copy Share Image
Naked I came into the world, but brush strokes cover me, language raises me, music rhythms me. Art is my rod and… — Jeanette Winterson Copy Share Image
Drew Friedman isn't just a brilliant artist. He takes you to a place. He takes you back in time. He makes you… — Sarah Silverman Copy Share Image
It's one thing to turn up and jump around stage and give people a good time - that's obviously a big part… — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
