Academy Quote by Thomas Ruff

What I'm good at is making art.

— Jock Sturges

I make pictures and someone comes in and calls it art.

— Willem de Kooning

Generally paintings are about technique, but I don't see myself as a painter. I am more of a storyteller and an image - maker.

— Nir Hod

Art is the colors and textures of your imagination.

— Meghan Trainor

I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.

— Chuck Berry

My best training came from doing illustrations because it taught me to compose my paintings more effectively, to improve my colors, and to be…

— Burton Silverman

I love making art... It's largely how I see myself. I'm an artist; therefore I have to make art.

— Chuck Close

Photography is art when it's used by an artist.

— Ruth Bernhard

I treat my projects as art.

— Ma Yansong

I assumed from the outset that photography was already art, and that I and other people working in photography were artists. I understand now…

— Lewis Baltz

I love creating images, of course, because I'm an artist.

— Steve McQueen

Art is a direct reflection of the life you live. What you experience comes out in your work.

— Dianne Reeves