Able Quote by Morris Graves

I paint American people, and I tell American stories through the paintings I create.

— Amy Sherald

Nowadays I see my work being used, without my permission, as if it was an attack against the Trump regime. People want to say,…

— Alfredo Jaar

You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself.

— Pierre Bonnard

I think somebody should be able to do all my paintings for me.

— Andy Warhol

What I want to accomplish artistically amounts to nothing more than fulfilling the promise of the American Revolution.

— L. Neil Smith

As an artist, you can work to make money, or you can be an artist who thinks about their legacy.

— Anthony Ramos

I think you have a responsibility as an artist to continually reach a hand out and try and inspire people.

— Tony Todd

There is only one art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks…

— Vaclav Havel

I can paint in jail.

— Jack Kevorkian

Painting is a faith and that it brings with it the duty to pay no heed to public opinion - and that in it…

— Vincent Van Gogh

I paint paintings of people.

— Amy Sherald

I'm not a political artist in any way, but if an idea takes me somewhere or something is emotionally impactful, I find a way…

— Idris Khan