Canvas Quote by Arthur Symons

If London is a watercolor, New York is an oil painting.

— Peter Shaffer

Why is London particularly attractive for artists? It's partly this incredible concentration of organizations that have a long history but also the spontaneous and…

— Munira Mirza

It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it.

— David Hockney

London' is a gallery of sensation of impressions. It is a history of London in a thematic rather than a chronological sense with chapters…

— Peter Ackroyd

London is full of creative people - you can never say that it's not.

— Luke Treadaway

London is about standing up for your ideas with a mix of art and life.

— Michele Lamy

London was an exciting place to work at one point because, socially, it was very progressive - a catalyst. There were very interesting artists…

— Chris Ofili

London is too full of fogs and serious people. Whether the fogs produce the serious people, or whether the serious people produce the fogs,…

— Oscar Wilde

All too often, when people think about art in the U.K., they think London. There's some really great work being produced outside of the…

— Ben Eine

London is like no other city I know in its ability to become beautiful. You can suddenly turn a corner and there are odd…

— Graham Swift

The interesting thing about London is that there are always stylish surprises around every corner.

— Natalie Massenet

The funny thing is, London is an incredibly interesting city. It's very sexy and it's very different, with the Thames winding through it like…

— Mel Smith