Art Quote by Edouard Manet

Conciseness in art is essential and a refinement. The concise man makes one think; the verbose bores. Always work towards conciseness.

— Edouard Manet

The responsibility of the artist consists in perfecting his work so that it may become attractively disinteresting.

— John Cage

Art is elimination of the unnecessary.

— Waldo Salt

Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.

— Pablo Picasso

The job of the artist is not to resolve or beautify, but to hold complexities, to see and make clear.

— Toi Derricotte

As in the case of painters, who have undertaken to give us a beautiful and graceful figure, which may have some slight blemishes, we…

— Plutarch

There are some people who may not like precision in their art. They may like it to be grittier and more gestural, more of…

— Adrian Tomine

Artists are never complete people. But if it's art that completes them, then what is taken away?

— Alexander Theroux

Those who are not conversant in works of art are often surprised at the high value set by connoisseurs on drawings which appear careless,…

— Joshua Reynolds

Representational painters: loosen the grip of inflexibility! Abstract painters: tighten your hold on crafting your images! In both types of painting students need to…

— Joshua L. Goldberg

The so-called conscientiousness of the majority of painters is only perfection applied to the art of boring.

— Eugene Delacroix

When an artist begins to count strokes instead of regarding nature he is lost. This preoccupation with technique, at the expense of truth and…

— Joaquin Sorolla