Dilettantes Quote by Antoni Tapies

I was an artistic dilettante for a while, in photography and collage and the visual arts.

— Anonymous

I come from an art history background. I studied at a master's degree level; I chose to dork out on art for much of…

— Black Francis

I am very much an artist. I like painting and collaging.

— Kali Uchis

I studied shades, textures by painting after the Old Masters, the classical European paintings, as part of my educational process.

— Kehinde Wiley

I wanted to be a painter, somewhere between Abstract Expressionism and Pop.

— Aaron Huey

I am a hobbyist photographer so I relate to the visual arts that way, but Im not a painter.

— Annie Parisse

What distinguishes the artist from the dilettante? Only the pain the artist feels. The dilettante looks only for pleasure in art.

— Odilon Redon

I like to move among painters, mathematicians, psychologists, people who can tell me something.

— George Woodcock

Obviously, I carved out a pretty successful path and career for myself. But I'm kind of fascinated with, for lack of a better term,…

— CM Punk

I am a great lover of art, in many forms: paintings, objets, textiles. I don't have the talent for painting, but I have a…

— Jacqueline Bisset

I always think of myself not so much as a painter but as a medium for accident and chance.

— Francis Bacon

I like doing things I haven't learnt about yet. I've always been interested in art, and I love doing art.

— Arthur Smith