Art Quote by Pat Steir

Art is both the taking and giving of beauty, the turning out to the light of the inner folds of the awareness of the…

— Ansel Adams

The spiritual in my art is giving up control. My paintings are based on what I can do, and what I can do is…

— Pat Steir

Art is a well-articulated manifestation of an aspect of life. I have been privileged to view much of life through my cameras, making the…

— Dennis Stock

For me, it's important to experience aesthetic shock, which sets in motion our imagination, our emotions, our feelings, and our thoughts. That's the purpose…

— Pierre Soulages

I have always wanted to make paintings that are impossible to walk past, paintings that grab and hold your attention. The more you look…

— Cecily Brown

I believe art should be an integral part of life. I try to give my work an almost magical energy that makes the viewer…

— Stephen Huneck

A work of art is itself an object, first of all, and so manipulation is unavoidable: it's a prerequisite. But I needed the greater…

— Gerhard Richter

Art has the power to influence and to make you react to something that you normally wouldn't concern, worry, or even think about or…

— Nicolas Winding Refn

For me, painting is like meditation.

— Janet Fish

Perhaps art can help us to look beyond the immediate beauty with all its puzzles, and to glimpse that new creation which makes sense…

— N. T. Wright

Art is both the taking and giving of beauty; the turning out to the light the inner folds of the awareness of the spirit.…

— Ansel Adams

Art is a spiritual practice. We may not, and need not, do it perfectly.

— Julia Cameron