Art Quote by Roy Lichtenstein

Every work of art has one indispensable mark ... the center of it is simple, however much the fulfillment may be complicated.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

I'd always wanted to know the difference between a mark that was art and one that wasn't.

— Roy Lichtenstein

Each work of art is a collection of signs invented during the picture's execution to suit the needs of their position. Taken out of…

— Henri Matisse

I really am in love with the idea of an artistic signature.

— Porter Robinson

And style, by the way, is a very important thing. It is like your signature, your handwriting or it is something that you develop…

— Robert Barry

In Europe, there is so much tradition, and everyone has established ideas as to what art should be and what it has always been.

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

For me, art is supposed to be a question mark.

— Marilyn Manson

If I belong to a tradition it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what he should do and not the…

— Alfred Brendel

If I belong to a tradition, it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not the performer…

— Alfred Brendel

“To write without any awareness of a tradition you are trying to become a part of would be self-defeating. Every artist alive responds to…

— Dorianne Laux

An artist is generally expected to stick to one motif, one persona. People get used to seeing someone put down a certain thing.

— Ad-Rock

I've explored a variety of directions and themes over the years. But I think in my painting you can see the signature of one…

— Helen Frankenthaler