Art Quote by Robert Genn

Today, we're encouraged to believe that we should have a verbal interpretation for what we view as art - when in fact the words…

— Ken Danby

He who has learned what is commonly considered the whole art of painting, that is, the art of representing any natural object faithfully, has…

— John Ruskin

The literary artist lends verbal depth to the visual. The visual artist provides visible articulation for the literary.

— Aberjhani

The artist must scorn all judgment that is not based on an intelligent observation of character. He must beware of the literary spirit which…

— Paul Cezanne

I think the artistry is in having an insight into what one sees around them. Generally putting things together in a way no one…

— Steve Jobs

No one questions the fact that verbal language has to be learned, but the commonplaceness of visual experience betrays art; people tend to assume…

— Anne Truitt

The less apparent the means and manner of the artist, the more directly will his work appeal to the understanding and the feelings.

— Asher Brown Durand

It is the nature of the artist to mind excessively what is said about him. Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who…

— Virginia Woolf

In every artist we can perceive a man with both a message and a method. His message may be innate in him, but his…

— Brander Matthews

It is time for writers to admit that nothing in this world makes sense. Only fools and charlatans think they know and understand everything.…

— Anton Chekhov

Once it is out of his hand the artist has no control over the way a viewer will perceive the work. Different people will…

— Sol LeWitt

Man is used to the fact that there are languages which he does not at first understand and which must be learned, but because…

— Edward T. Hall