Sometimes I see it and then paint it. Other times I paint it and then see it. Both are impure situations, and… — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
“As a working definition of art, I lean toward Tolstoy's: "Art is a human activity having for it's purpose the transmission to… — Gene Logsdon Copy Share Image
The truth is that art does not teach; it makes you feel, and any teaching that may arise from the feeling is… — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
The way of the martial artist is the way of enduring, surviving and prevailing over all that would destroy him. More than… — Toshitsugu Takamatsu Copy Share Image
To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented… — Willa Cather Copy Share Image
My paint is like a rocket, which describes its own space. I try to make the impossible possible. What is happening I… — Karel Appel Copy Share Image
To be an artist you have to be as much a businessman to succeed, you have to spend an equal amount of… — Debbie Harry Copy Share Image
I like art that challenges you and makes a lot of people angry because they don't get it. Because they refuse to… — John Waters Copy Share Image
I am thankful that geniuses and artists and good people, no matter how hard it is, will eventually be recognized. I am… — Elayne Boosler Copy Share Image
So somebody has talent? So what? Dime a dozen. And we're overpopulated. Actually we have more food than we have people and… — John Cage Copy Share Image
“He's been living on the fringes of art for so many years, talking and talking about it, that he's come to expect… — Richard Yates Copy Share Image
Speaking of line, what artist of line was ever able to find more depth and volume than Hirschfeld? He was an illustrator… — Billy Cannon Copy Share Image
I don't really know what people's perception about Palestinians.All art is to better life. We want to create hope and share with… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
“The mob not only grabs hold of art without being entitled to do so, but it also enters the artist. It takes… — Elfriede Jelinek Copy Share Image
It depends on what kind of minimalism you're talking about, of course. I love both those artists - Brian Eno and William… — Tim Hecker Copy Share Image
“I must write down that I am to be an artist. Not in the sense of aesthetic frippery but in the sense… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
In general, I think the best thing to do is to connect with other females. I love meeting other female artists and… — Jillian Hervey Copy Share Image
I want to create objects that will stimulate the viewer in ways that I am stimulated by these objects. Now that's an… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
When I came to New York, I began to meet the people who became the most famous artists of our time. I… — Henry Flynt Copy Share Image
Never can the innate power of a work be hidden or locked away. A work of art can be forgotten by time;… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
I was an art history major, but never specifically contemporary. I would say where I really stopped were the abstract expressionists in… — Vera Wang Copy Share Image
I got a lot of body paint on me in a short period of time. I would definitely do it again because… — Ronda Rousey Copy Share Image
A Great Work of Art is one that truly moves and inspires you. You yourself must be moved. Don't look at art… — Daisaku Ikeda Copy Share Image
“There were several paintings to admire, one of them very fine indeed. Many were urban, industrial landscapes. Paul was generous with his… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
We have to have the money to do the work we want to do, as well as to keep a roof over… — Elizabeth Aston Copy Share Image
If you look at how great artists of the past, like Beethoven, for example dealt with art and morality, you see that… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
Kenneth Hari does not paint portraits as they are but as he is. I feel he is hiding something from me. To… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I picked Pacifica was because, for a lot of classes and for your thesis, you could do artwork… — Kelly Carlin-McCall Copy Share Image
To me Art's subject is the human clay, / And landscape but a background to a torso; / All Cezanne's apples I… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
The true picture of life as it is, if it could be adequately painted, would show men what they are, and how… — Anthony Trollope Copy Share Image
There's blackballing involved with Machine Gun Kelly, a lot of confusion about who I am as an artist. But that's so small… — Machine Gun Kelly Copy Share Image
The amount which cannot be harnessed and domesticated, but insists on its own form of activity rather than one which is offered… — Beatrice M. Hinkle Copy Share Image
I know how difficult it is to make a career in the arts, but even if you don't make a career of… — Dave Franco Copy Share Image
Every intelligent person, whether hes an artist or not - a mathematician, a doctor, a scientist - possesses a poetic way of… — Yehuda Amichai Copy Share Image
“Watching Dad figure things out was like watching an artist paint a picture. He used to say an investigation was a lot… — James R. Benn Copy Share Image
There's a tendency to make more money at concerts. That's from a financial standpoint. Night clubs have a better feel, better contact… — Al Green Copy Share Image
Our visual and musical artists have no incentive to be educated. So what we get is a bunch of uneducated artists inspiring… — Rhymefest Copy Share Image
I love paint. I like watercolours. I like acrylic paint... a little bit. I like house paint. I like oil-based paint, and… — David Lynch Copy Share Image
“It is wrong to assume that art needs the spectator in order to be. The film runs on without any eyes. The… — Jim Morrison Copy Share Image
Success has a lot of things that go along with it and I haven't experienced any personal resentment. I can't control any… — Matthew Weiner Copy Share Image
