Art Quote by Pope John Paul II

Art or talent, for an artist, is merely a means of applying his personal faculties to the ideas and the things of the period…

— Gustave Courbet

Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.

— Anonymous

Talent is cheap, you have to be possessed or obsessed, rather. You really have to feel like you cannot not do art, and that…

— John Baldessari

Talent can be developed, gift is God-given. But artists have both.

— Carroll O'Connor

Talent is so loaded a word, so full to the brim with meanings, that an artist might be wise to forget about it altogether…

— Eric Maisel

There is no substitute for skill. It is the priceless possession of every great artist in every field of endeavor. It is instinctly felt…

— Paul LePaul

The arts have a development which comes not only from the individual but also from a whole acquired force, the civilization which precedes us.…

— Henri Matisse

you don't need talent to be an artist. 'Artist' is just a frame of mind. Anybody can be an artist, anybody can communicate if…

— Yoko Ono

Art is not so much talent as character… it's what you are, the qualities of the person.

— John Olsen

To discover that you can paint without special talent is a great revelation. An endless stream runs through you, enough to paint for lifetimes.…

— Michele Cassou

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

A man of talent is not born to be left to himself, but to devote himself to art and good masters who will make…

— Johann Peter Eckermann