Art Quote by Georges Seurat

Most people think an artist tries to be original, but originality is the last thing that develops in the artist.

— Lukas Foss

I don't believe too much in originality... you learn art from other art and then looking into somebody's face or landscape is the point…

— Paterson Ewen

Originality is what distinguishes art from craft. It is the yardstick of artistic greatness.

— H. W. Janson

Originality, then, ultimately distinguishes art from craft. We may say, therefore, that it is the yardstick of artistic greatness or importance.

— H. W. Janson

To be original one needs to learn the ideas of other painters in order to be different from them.

— Edgar Alwin Payne

The average artist, if he chooses, could render an exact drawing of what he sees. Artistic work not only allows but demands some deviation…

— Edgar Alwin Payne

It is not possible to be original by trying to be original - those who attempt this in the arts will be merely avant-garde.…

— Michael Foley

I don't believe in originality in art. I think we exist on this earth to inspire each other, through our actions, through our deeds,…

— Bill Viola

“We think that all artists create their art for essentially the same reason—they have a view of the world that they want to share…

— Ken Hicks

An artist's work is a synthesis of much more than the work of other creators.

— Phoebe Gloeckner

An artist must forget painting when he paints. That's the only way he will do original work.

— Pablo Picasso

“And, as in the case of sensible images, if the artist look without distraction upon the archetypal form, not distracted by sight of anything…

— Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite