Art Quote by Arthur Wesley Dow

Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal.

— Gustave Courbet

We want Realism's wealth of experience and Symbolism's depth of feeling. All art is a problem of balance between two opposites.

— Cesare Pavese

The only realism in art is of the imagination.

— William Carlos Williams

Realism is a philosophy as opposed to a style. For me, painting is about observing and recording my existence as accurately as I can,…

— David Kassan

Art is the colors and textures of your imagination.

— Meghan Trainor

Art is beauty, and every exposition of art, whether it be music, painting, or the drama, should be subservient to that one great end.…

— Julia Marlowe

“Art should be linked to abstract things - color, line, tone. It is not an instrument to improve social conditions and chase ugliness. Painting…

— Irving Stone

Nature I believe in. True art aims to, represent men and women, not as my little self would have them, but as they appear.…

— Ouida

Realism, in so far as the word means reality to life, is always bad art.

— Sherwood Anderson

At first I had some idea that the absence of color made the work more physical. Early on I was very involved with the…

— Jasper Johns

Dramatic use of color, harmonious design, the interplay of light and shadow across a variety of textures, the portrayal of the figure and other…

— Nelson Shanks

A work of art in paint should be beautiful and expressive as abstract colour and form and should not interest us necessarily in any…

— John F. Carlson