Art Quote by E. M. Forster

Whether you think you like Rubens or not, his influence runs through the pathways of painting. Like Warhol, he changed the game of art.

— Jenny Saville

“I’ve never known of a serious artist who was happy. Except maybe Rubens.”

— Chaim Potok

If any artist abuses his audience as a means to any end, noble or ignoble, he better have a damn good reason for it.

— Walter Becker

“However," he continued, "this canvas is preferable to the paintings of that varlet Rubens, with his mountains of Flemish flesh sprinkled with vermilion, his…

— Honoré de Balzac

For popular purposes, at least, the aim of literary artists should be similar to that of Rubens in his landscapes, of which, without neglecting…

— William Benton Clulow

The real artist has no pride. Unfortunately he sees that his art has no limits. He feels obscurely how far he is from the…

— Ludwig van Beethoven

To humiliate and be humiliated, I think, is a crucial element in our whole social structure. It's not only the artist I'm sorry for.…

— Ingmar Bergman

“No artist has ethical sympathies. An ethical sympathy in an artist is an unpardonable mannerism of style. No artist is ever morbid.”

— Oscar Wilde

“Do you know the anecdote about Rubens? He was serving Holland as Ambassador to Spain and used to spend the afternoon in the royal…

— Irving Stone

Above all, an artist must never be too easily satisfied with what he has done...

— Henri Matisse

Paintings can make you cry and it's just **colored dirt**.

— Chuck Close

The artist can't paint, sing, or dance without emotion: if he does, he is a machine masquerading as a person.

— Eric Maisel