Art Quote by August Bournonville

To know how to produce a work of art is to know how to discard the extraneous.

— Laura Esquivel

The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect,…

— Adam Ferguson

There is no substitute for skill. It is the priceless possession of every great artist in every field of endeavor. It is instinctly felt…

— Paul LePaul

An artist must first of all respond to his subject, he must be filled with emotion toward that subject and then he must make…

— Robert Henri

The growth that an artist seeks is a fine combination of mastering craft, garnering an audience, maintaining one's mental health, and working mightily from…

— Eric Maisel

If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that…

— Twyla Tharp

When you feel concentrated within the intensity of making paintings, you know exactly what you are doing.

— Luc Tuymans

Artistry is to a large degree simplicity.

— L. Ron Hubbard

No doubt, it is useful for an artist to know all the forms of art which have preceded or which accompany his. That is…

— Pablo Picasso

The higher the artist, the fewer the gestures. The fewer the tools, the greater the imagination. The greater the will, the greater the secret…

— Ben Okri

To accomplish artistic work, of any individual worth, nature must be seen through the medium of the artist's intellectual emotions.

— Gertrude Kasebier

To do anything artistically you have to acquire technique, but create through your technique and not with it.

— Stephen Nachmanovitch