Making Art Quotes

80 quotes by 63 authors

Making art is like giving a gift: evidence of your spirit and that you are here. — Paddy Mitchell
Fear is the reason for making art. It is a means to freedom. — Ilya Kabakov
The duty of the artist is not to be calculating in any sense, so that he may be free himself of human emotions while carried… — Karel Appel
Making art is an act of courage. Do you know who said that? — Steve Guttenberg
Since I started making art, I've always had some kind of project that was really about and for other people, because I think I just… — Miranda July
During the '70s I was interested in words and meaning as a way of making art. — Sol LeWitt
Making art is complicated because the categories are always changing. You just have to make your own art, and whatever categories it falls into will… — Frank Stella
I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art — Sol LeWitt
Making art was really about the problem of the soul, of losing it. It was a technique for inhabiting the world. For not dissolving into… — Rachel Kushner
Making art in America is about saving one's soul. — Charles Simic
I have a suggestion for all of those award seekers and blue ribbon hunters. Spend your efforts on making art that connects with people. Awards… — Jack White
The public needs art, and it is the responsibility of a â€™self-proclaimed artistâ€™ to realize the public needs art, and not to make bourgeois art… — Keith Haring
There is no comparison between him and me; he developed a whole new way of making art and he's clearly in a league of his… — Tracey Emin
Being an artist is a very long game. It is not a 10-year game. I hope I'll be around making art when I'm 80 — Anish Kapoor
Real success is making art your whole life. — Kay WalkingStick
After all, the goal is not making art. It is living a life. Those who live their lives will leave the stuff that is really… — Robert Henri
It's true that there are people who live the idea of being an artist, as opposed to the idea of making art, — Daniel Alarcon
These dog bones are just making art the way art should be made, without any overarching reference. Just for fun, if you can imagine that-art… — Sally Mann
I like that feeling when youâ€™re making art, that youâ€™re taking the energy out of your body and putting it into a physical object. I… — Kiki Smith
Don't think about making art... — Andy Warhol

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