Art Quote by Lawrence Durrell

“In the first place, the direct creation of words. Therein lies the mystery of tongues. To paint with words, which contains figures one knows…

— Victor Hugo

Painters must speak through paint, not through words.

— Hans Hofmann

I dreamt that I could paint you with words, but there were no colors bright enough, black or white enough, blue or green enough...they…

— Mos Def

“And even if something had once been committed to paper, did it mean that it was still true? Always true? Unlike the relative permanence…

— Robin Oliveira

Sometimes I just want to paint the words It's my fault across my forehead to save people the time of being pissed off at…

— Anonymous

Did not the artists of the great age of Japanese art change names many times during their careers? I like that; they wanted to…

— Henri Matisse

Great artistic talent in any direction... is hardly inherent to the man. It comes and goes; it is often possessed only for a short…

— Hilaire Belloc

Creative artists have great passion.

— Jack Welch

“I think great artists and great engineers are similar, in that they both have a desire to express themselves. In fact some of the…

— Steve Jobs

Artists are great. They jump in.

— Richard Linklater

That's what great art does - it inspires other artists to do great art, and that's what it should do.

— Andrew Stanton

I gotta say, the Catholic Church has churned out a lot of great artists and directors and actors, so if that's all they do,…

— Paul Rust