Art Quote by Scott McCloud

“By stripping down an image to its essential "meaning", an artist can amplify that meaning in a way that realistic art can't.”

— Scott McCloud

There is a deep question whether the possible meanings that emerge from an effort to explain the experience of art may not mask the…

— Jerome Bruner

Being an artist, you soak up imagery, and you put it back out in whatever form you do your own imagery.

— Jim Starlin

To an artist, creating an image means being in love with it.

— Yevgeny Zamyatin

Nowadays, an artist is someone who makes art mean the things he does.

— Tom Stoppard

The general misunderstanding of a work of art is often due to the fact that the key to its spiritual content and technical means…

— Hans Hofmann

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

The job of the artist is not to resolve or beautify, but to hold complexities, to see and make clear.

— Toi Derricotte

Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium.

— Henry Rollins

The unique essence of being an artist is dying. Eveything looks the same. Now there’s a formula. And it works. - But it takes…

— Usher

Artists have historically understood images better than anyone else. This is what we do.

— Trevor Paglen

Artistes never make their image. Image is made by the fans and the artiste's job is to fight that perception.

— Badshah