Art Quote by Francesca Zappia

“We create art for many reasons—wealth, fame, love, admiration—but I find the one thing that produces the best results is desire.”

— Francesca Zappia

I equate inspiration with desire – the desire that moves us to be artists in the first place. To attempt to make a painting…

— Nita Engle

“A true artist creates art because they have a passion and desire to do so.”

— Anne-Rae Vasquez

The motive of art comes to us not from what exists, but from the notion that there is something higher, something nobler, something richer,…

— Abraham Kuyper

“Every piece of art starts as an empty canvas, a lump of clay, or a mixture of fabrics and colors. It's all raw, stripped-down,…

— Mick Mooney

To make art you need to be inspired.

— Greg Lake

Art is excitement which if we can't create ourselves, we can at least, through love of it, make available to others.

— Vincent Price

“For art is about desire, is it not, and never its consummation?”

— A. Manette Ansay

What we want from art is whatever is missing from the lives we are already living and making. Something is always missing, and so…

— Jane Hirshfield

“I can not help feeling that it is a mistake to think that the passion one feels in creation is ever really shown in…

— Oscar Wilde

“Art has something to do with beauty. The act of creating beauty pulls the portion of your soul to the surface that is true…

— Timothy Simpson

“The desire to make art begins early. Among the very young this is encouraged (or at least indulged as harmless) but the push toward…

— David Bayles