Art Quote by Paul Gauguin

The great artist is the man who most obviously succeeds in turning his pains to advantage, in letting suffering deepen his understanding and sensibility,…

— Walter Kaufmann

The great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity.

— Guy de Maupassant

The greatest art comes out of warmth and conviction and deep feeling, but then, very few people, even geniuses, have all that.

— Katherine Anne Porter

The greatest artist is one who expresses what is felt by everybody.

— Anagarika Govinda

Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of…

— Edward Hopper

The great artist is a slave to his ideals.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

Many have genius, but, wanting art, are forever dumb. The two must go together to form the great poet, painter, or sculptor.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

An artist’s imagination is his greatest tool

— Michael Jackson

The genius is the man who has genuine and deep human relations with others, who does not cut himself off in the search for…

— Ignacy Jan Paderewski

He is the greatest artist who has embodied, in the sum of his works, the greatest number of the greatest ideas.

— John Ruskin

A great artist transforms our world, removes scales from our eyes, plugs from our ears, gloves from our fingertips, teaches us to perceive reality…

— John Edgar Wideman

The ideal artist is he who knows everything, feels everything, experiences everything, and retains his experience in a spirit of wonder and feeds upon…

— George Bellows