Artist Quote by Salvador Dalí

“Is this the main thing that painters of portraits care about? The person on the verge of becoming someone else?”

— Gregory Maguire

“To my mind the most interesting thing in art is the personality of the artist; and if that is singular, I am willing to…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“He said, I suppose there are people who are purely moved by great art. I never met a painter who was. I'm not. All…

— John Fowles

“An artist has got to get acquainted with himself just as much as he can. It is no easy job, for it is not…

— Chaim Potok

“It is possible that the artists are sane and the world they are painting is crazy.”

— William Zinsser

“[…] he is the artist of his own life, and created it for himself every hours to suit his latest whim.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“[...] he is the artist of his own life, and creates it for himself every hour to suit his latest whim.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“had come face to face with some one whose mere personality was so fascinating that, if I allowed it to do so, it would…

— Oscar Wilde

“I discovered that when one follows the artist's eye one sees unexpected treasures in so many seemingly ordinary scenes.”

— Julia Child

“Painting reflects. It kills you in a colourful shower of emptiness. Flatness. Randomness. And beauty. Yes, it is the most pure beauty I have…

— Nigel Tomm

“It has been my personal experience that as I allow the painting to speak I become lost, it is delicious and at the same…

— Luther E. Vann

“Every painting tells a story.”

— Adrienne Posey