Artist Quote by Vincent Van Gogh Download Open image “It seems to me it's a painter's duty to try to put an idea into his work.” — Vincent Van Gogh ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Artist Duty Ideas Painter Painting Seems Trying
I'm not the kind of artist who has an idea and then carries it out; it's more like I find what the idea was… — Cecily Brown Copy Share Image
The painter's obsession with his subject is all that he needs to drive him to work. — Lucian Freud Copy Share Image
The role of the painter . . . is to project that which sees itself in him. — Max Ernst Copy Share Image
The artist likes to seem totally responsible for his work. Often he begins to explain it, to make it appear as if it were… — Arthur Erickson Copy Share Image
We look at a painting to know the painter; it's his company we are after, not his skill. — James Whistler Copy Share Image
There may or may not be an idea, and the meaning may just be that the painting exists. — Jasper Johns Copy Share Image
The great painter has something to say. He does not paint men, landscapes, or furniture; but an idea. — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
The activity of painting: A thrilling tussle between the artist's materials and his inspiration. — Mervyn Levy Copy Share Image
You can be sure that a painter reveals himself in his work as much as and more than a writer does in his. — Denis Diderot Copy Share Image
Small thoughts grow into a picture. It may suggest an individual or it may suggest a place, but generally the painting's job is to… — Nigel Cooke Copy Share Image
What am I in most people's eyes? A nonentity or an eccentric and disagreeable man... I should want my work to show what is… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
The heart of man is very much like the sea, it has its storms, it has its tides and in its depths it has… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
There certainly is an affinity between a person and his work, but it is not easy to define what this affinity is, and on… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Ah, Manet has come very, very close to it and Courbet - the marrying of form and colour. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
We must not judge God from this world. It's just a study that didn't come off. It's only a master who could make such… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
“Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success.” - Vincent van Gogh” — Vincent van Gogh Copy Share
But by fighting the difficulties in which one finds oneself, an inner strength develops from within our heart, which improves in life's fight. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
Ah! My dear friend painting is to us what the music of Berlioz and Wagner was before us - a consolatory art for sore… — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does he picture us caught in a tremendous man-made or God-made trap from which there is no escape, but we must also listen to him day in, day out, describe how the trap is inexorably closing. To… — Margaret Mead Copy Share
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better? — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
I am not the avant-garde. I am the artist who comes after the advancing guard. I am more concerned with continuity of ideas and… — Nathan Oliveira Copy Share Image
I am a horrible visual artist. I can't fix a car, sew, knit, cook, etc. Statistically, there is more I don't do than do. — Carrie Brownstein Copy Share Image
Why did Erich von Stronheim leave Germany? Why did Hitchcock leave England? If you were a director you'd like to work in Hollywood too.… — Roman Polanski Copy Share Image
I have touched with a sense of art some people-they felt the love and the life. Can you offer me anything to compare to… — Mary Cassatt Copy Share Image
The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the profile, can shape… — Paulo Freire Copy Share Image
I am a very big fan of Brian Eno, of his work as an artist and making his music, and as a producer. In… — Rostam Batmanglij Copy Share Image
I like to make records sound good. I'm more like a reducer than a producer. If an artist cannot produce themselves, what's the point? — Branford Marsalis Copy Share Image
Being an artist is a totally godlike thing to do - and I have a god complex. — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
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