Art Quote by Edward Abbey

“Tell the story behind your art.”

— Paul Jarvis

“good art illustrates anything at all, it’s likely to be a story you didn’t even know needed telling.”

— David Salle

“When you talk to an author or an artist, you’re only ever getting half the story. We are crafting narratives for you. We are…

— Phoebe North

“What if I began to believe that the critique isn’t just an unwelcome part of the art-making process but might actually make the art…

— Emily P. Freeman

“It is not up to the writer to create a masterpiece. That is what readers do.”

— Bart J. Gilbertson

“Only half the story is true. The rest is necessary.”

— John Yau

“My style might seem awkward, but I'm only trying to write down the things in the scene that I think the reader should know.”

— Hemingway

“No one wants the complete picture, the whole story. It would leave no room for the fictions we need to tell ourselves about ourselves.”

— Caite Dolan-Leach

“But whatever the nature of your work, there is an art to what you do, and there are people who would be interested in…

— Austin Kleon

“Art, after all, is - at its best - a lie that tells us the truth.”

— Nam Le

“In the end, all that a writer has to pass on is not myth and anecdote, but scene and character, evoked in memorable prose. ”

— Will Blythe

“I'm telling you, writing the book is easy. The after part will break your back. Not to mention your heart.”

— Suzy Soro