Materials Quotes

2455 Materials quotes by 1763 unique authors

It is vain for painters... to endeavour to invent without materials on which the mind may work. — Joshua Reynolds
There can be no doubt but that he who has the most materials has the greatest means of invention... — Joshua Reynolds
I have told myself a hundred times that painting - that is, the material thing called a painting - is no more than a pretext,… — Eugene Delacroix
I'm my own writer. My material means I'm entirely separate. — V.S. Naipaul
The aesthetic principle is the same in every art, only the material differs. — Robert Schumann
Let us guide our students over the road of discipline from materials, through function, to creative work. — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
We must remember that everything depends on how we use a material, not on the material itself... New materials are not necessarily superior. Each material… — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
Naturally, the workers are perfectly free; the manufacturer does not force them to take his materials and his cards, but he says to them..'If you… — Friedrich Engels
I don't know that I necessarily feel more comfortable in the context of smaller films, but I tend to feel more comfortable more often than… — Elijah Wood
A certain amount of contempt for the material employed to express an idea is indispensable to the purest realization of this idea. — Man Ray
I am not an artist and never have been. Rather I am like a craftsman and feel very close to the mediaeval artisans who produced… — Werner Herzog
With the practice of deep meditation the mind contacts the Bliss Consciousness of the Spirit and becomes more peaceful, happy, creative and powerful. This state… — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
The making of money, the accumulation of material power, is not all there is to living...and the man who misses this truth misses the greatest… — Edward Bok
People of all ages, including children, have been exposed to clever and eye-catching advertising material, .. All that will now change. Tobacco advertising is going… — Frank Dobson
Understanding the materials I work with... gives me a deeper understanding of my place. And it's helped me make sense of the changes that are… — Andy Goldsworthy
Painting is so much more than the materials. — Brian Johnson
Ads and logos are our shared global culture and language, and people are insisting on the right to use that language, to reformulate it in… — Naomi Klein
Our epoch is a time of tragic collision between matter and spirit and of the downfall of the purely material world view. — Wassily Kandinsky
I found so-called great art too pompous, too stiff. What at this time was called minor art was freer, more imaginative, more open to all… — Jacques Lipchitz
There is always a pressure to separate the Bible from science and to separate the Christian religion from things material. — Walter Lang
Anything is good painting material once you get to know it. — David Milne
With a brush you have control. The paint goes on the brush and you make the mark. From experience you know exactly what will happen.… — Gerhard Richter
I don't think there's anything really wrong with influence because I think that one can use another man's art as material either literally or just… — Robert Rauschenberg
A canvas is never empty. — Robert Rauschenberg
I trust my work. It's a collaboration with the material, and when it's viewed, it's a collaboration with the world. — Kiki Smith

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