Art Quote by John W. Whitehead

An artist recreates those aspects of reality which represent his fundamental view of man's nature.

— Ayn Rand

The artist is the man in any field, scientific or humanistic, who grasps the implications of his actions and of new knowledge in his…

— Marshall McLuhan

Because the artist deals in future realities, he always seeks improvements or changes in the existing reality. This makes the artist, inevitably and invariably,…

— L. Ron Hubbard

“Artistry, perhaps, is at its core being able to control change in interesting ways.”

— Jeff Ryan

A man becomes creative, whether he is an artist or scientist, when he finds a new unity in the variety of nature. He does…

— Jacob Bronowski

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

As in creating some significant work the artist first experiences something akin to dream awareness that becomes clarified in the creative process itself, so…

— Thomas Berry

“Any artist is insulted by the suggestion that art is merely a matter of recording reality, and knows that it is impossible to explain…

— Joan Lindsay

The natural reaction of the artist will be strongly towards bringing man back into focus as the center of importance.

— Ben Shahn

The artist is a man who finds that the form or shape of things externally corresponds, in some strange way, to the movements of…

— Graham Collier

When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressing creature.

— Robert Henri

“The artist realizes himself in his work; the mind realizes itself in life.”

— Asanaro