Art Quote by H W Leggett

The fundamental purpose of the artist is the same as that of a scientist: to state a fact.

— Herbert Read

No longer can we consider what the artist does to be a self-contained activity, mysteriously inspired from above, unrelated and unrelatable to other human…

— Rudolf Arnheim

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life.

— Henry Moore

The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and] knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working only by…

— Henry Moore

“Because most artists have not told us of their intentions, and beacause those artists ( and patrons or agents) who have stated their intentions…

— Sylvan Barnet

The idea is that what an artist lives through should broaden his notion of what it is possible for a human being to live…

— George Saunders

“Art can certainly be an important pathway to discovery. It encourages us to be spontaneous, playful, and curious and to see what lies beneath…

— Robi Ludwig

“It always surprises me when people assume that something an artist has created is based on a true experience or reflects his or her…

— Michael Jackson

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

— Oscar Wilde

[The artist's aim is] not to instruct the viewer, but to give him information... . The artist would follow his predetermined premise to its…

— Sol LeWitt

“In art nothing is more secondary than the author's intentions.”

— Jorge Luis Borges

What the artist must aim at above all else is this: to produce, by any process whatever, a work which by the life and…

— Medardo Rosso