Artist Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for…

— Vincent Van Gogh

“Language is not unlike art in that words contain values of lights and darks, hues and tonalities, texture and sensuality. Words can paint complex…

— Elisa Lorello

“Painting is the language of the unconscious. It is the language of visualization. It is the language of children. Children think in pictures, hence…

— Osho

“...A painting was a translation of the language of my heart.”

— Amy Tan

No-one who has a real understanding of the art of painting attaches any importance to what we call the subject of a picture -…

— Roger Fry

“Art is more than a sum of cultural signs: It is a language both direct and associative, and has a grammar and syntax like…

— David Salle

Talk about painting: there's no point. By conveying a thing through the medium of language, you change it. You construct qualities that can be…

— Gerhard Richter

The artist is an interpreter of Nature. People learn to love Nature through pictures. To the artist, nothing is in vain; nothing beneath his…

— William Morris Hunt

Painting is the only universal language. All nature is creation's picture book. Painting alone can describe every thing which can be seen, and suggest…

— William Morris Hunt

“We must remember, however, that art is of value only to the extent that it speaks to us. It might be a universal language…

— Kakuzō Okakura

“For me, art is the desire to preserve the intangible feeling of such a moment, hidden in all the littlest details, and then to…

— Rachel Hartman

“Art is a visual language; I'm just perfecting my alphabet.”

— Zachary A. Diaz