Artist S Quotes

24 Artist S quotes by 24 unique authors

Art is the expression of the artist´s overflowing soul. — Hans Hofmann
A work of art does not need an explanation. The work has to speak for itself. The work may be subject to many interpretations, but… — Louise Bourgeois
My cloud photographs are equivalents of my most profound life experiences, my basic philosophy of life. All art is an equivalent of the artist’s most… — Alfred Stieglitz
The artist’s aim is not to instruct the viewer, but to give information, whether the viewer understands the information is incidental to the artist. — Sol LeWitt
It’s a very new, not to mention vulgar, idea that the spectator’s experience should be identical to, or even have anything to do with, the… — Samuel R. Delany
Perceptions are portraits, not photographs, and their form reveals the artist’s hand every bit as much as it reflects the things portrayed — Daniel Gilbert
Artists are not helper monkeys; they’re not in it to visualize 'your' story, because it stopped being 'your' story the moment you engaged in a… — Mark Waid
An essential portion of any artist’s labor is not creation so much as invocation. Part of the work cannot be made, it must be received;… — Lewis Hyde
Technique does not constitute art. Nor is it a vague, fuzzy romantic quality known as ‘beauty,’ remote from the realities of everyday life. It is… — Grant Wood
The artist’s job, I think, is to be a conduit for mystery. — George Saunders
An artist’s imagination is his greatest tool — Michael Jackson
What attracted me was less art itself than the artist’s life and all that it meant for me: the idea of creativity and freedom of… — Pierre Bonnard
The artist’s memory is a dangerous, necessary thing. Never disavow what you see and remember-it’s your brilliant stock-in-trade: remembering, and making something out of it.… — Hilton Als
Two main groups like to drop the readymade bomb—galleries and art historians. Galleries love to drop the Duchamp brand because dealers can try to convince… — Paddy Johnson
People want to know those details. They think it gives them greater insight into a piece of art, but when they approach a painting in… — Charles de Lint
An artist’s job is to captivate… if we stumble into truth, we got lucky. — Aaron Sorkin
There is at the back of every artist’s mind something like a pattern and a type of architecture. The original quality in any man of… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
He is not simply looking into the mirror because he is transfixed by what he sees. Rather, the artist’s success depends as much as anything… — Philip Roth
What makes art Christian art? Is it simply Christian artists painting biblical subjects like Jeremiah? Or, by attaching a halo, does that suddenly make something… — R C Sproul
People always make the mistake of thinking art is created for them. But really, art is a private language for sophisticates to congratulate themselves on… — Bill Watterson
I quit smoking in December. I’m really depressed about it. I love smoking, I love fire, I miss lighting cigarettes. I like the whole thing… — David Lynch
Peter used to say that an artist’s job is to make order out of chaos. You collect details, look for a pattern, and organize. You… — Chuck Palahniuk
The artist’s task is to save the soul of mankind; and anything less is a dithering while Rome burns. Because of the artists, who are… — Terence McKenna
It’s an artist’s job to show people the world they live in. We hold up mirrors. — Neil Gaiman

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