Art Quote by Vincent Van Gogh

All art is a gift. It is first of all a gift that the maker can do it. It is then a gift to…

— Vincent Van Gogh

I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota, without . . . having painted as much…

— Gustave Courbet

“Art is not merely a decorative enhancement of our lives, but a sign of our desire to live in the world fully and honestly.”

— Jan Zwicky

I feel compelled to make art that on one hand reflects and sometimes almost creates like a sense of comfort when confronted with the…

— Moby

When you look back on a lifetime and think of what has been given to the world by your presence, your fugitive presence, inevitably…

— Stanley Kunitz

This is life. It is everywhere, and it is here for the taking. I am alive and I know this, now, in a more…

— Bill Jay

Each sensation is precious, protect it, cherish it, keep it. Never give it away. You must develop that balance which allows all of the…

— Robert Henri

Art is long. Life is short. A picture can become for us a highway between a particular thing and a universal feeling.

— Lawren Harris

I will not be just a tourist in the world of images, just watching images passing by which I cannot live in, make love…

— Anais Nin

I have some beautiful 20th-century drawings and a few paintings, but I'm not a collector, and I'm not particularly attached to objects.

— Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt

I want to leave behind a long legacy of art that was genuine and heartfelt - not for anybody else.

— Ethel Cain

It makes me really proud to be able to use my art to spread positive messages around the world.

— Ben Eine