Art Quote by Jacques Lipchitz Download Open image “Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you are an artist.” — Jacques Lipchitz ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Artist Lord Nature Our lord
A bit of advice, don't copy nature too closely. Art is an abstraction; as you dream amid nature, extrapolate art from it, and concentrate… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
God is the artist, nature is his canvas, and I'm just the admirer of his work. — Elizabeth Homp Copy Share Image
Nature has mysterious infinities and imaginative power. It is always varying the productions it offers to us. The artist himself is one of nature's… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
I cannot copy nature in a servile way; I am forced to interpret nature and submit it to the spirit of the picture. From… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
Nature is simply the opportunity for the artist to express himself. — Gustave Moreau Copy Share Image
A hint - don't paint too much direct from nature. Art is an abstraction! study nature then brood on it and treasure the creation… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
“They are the willing and skilled instruments of the gods and goddesses they serve. THE ARTIST'S LIFE Are you a born writer? Were you put on earth to be a painter, a scientist, an apostle of peace? In the end the question can only be answered by action. Do it or don't do it. It may help to think of… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share
I found so-called great art too pompous, too stiff. What at this time was called minor art was freer, more imaginative, more open to… — Jacques Lipchitz Copy Share Image
Cubism is like standing at a certain point on a mountain and looking around. If you go higher, things will look different; if you… — Jacques Lipchitz Copy Share Image
I am the most curious of all to see what will be the next thing that I will do. — Jacques Lipchitz Copy Share Image
I remember one day when Juan Gris told me about a bunch of grapes he had seen in a painting by Picasso. The next… — Jacques Lipchitz Copy Share Image
Imagination is a very precise thing, you know - it is not fantasy; the man who invented the wheel while he was observing another… — Jacques Lipchitz Copy Share Image
A necessary process for the artist is one which begins with a point of view, a reaction to the environment, to people, to whatever… — Jacques Lipchitz Copy Share Image
All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art is… — Jacques Lipchitz Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image