Art Quote by Volkmar Essers Download Open image ““Anything that is not necessary to the painting damages it." Henri Matisse”” — Volkmar Essers ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.9 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Henri Matisse Painting
“Matisse never hoped to save lives. But he repeatedly said that he wanted to make paintings so serenely beautiful that when one came upon… — Elaine Scarry Copy Share Image
“Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium. — HENRI MATISSE” — Jack Flam Copy Share Image
“It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess.” — Leonhard Emmerling Copy Share Image
“Like all paintings, the portrait was ruined at the first stroke of paint; it would never be exactly as she had imagined it, and… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
“A painting that doesn't shock isn't worth painting-Marcel Duchamp” — Alice Goldfarb Marquis Copy Share
“The most beautiful paintings in existence today are the ones which were not painted by anyone.” — Karel Teige Copy Share Image
“I have no fears about making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.” — Leonhard Emmerling Copy Share Image
“If you understand your painting beforehand, you might as well not paint it.” — Salvador Dalí Copy Share Image
“She painted because she loved to paint. She never exhibited. She had no career, no ambitions for her work except that it be good,… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
“I intend to destroy, destroy everything that exists in painting. I have utter contempt for painting.” — Juan Miro Copy Share Image
“If there is some red spot on one of my paintings it is unlikely to be the heart of the work. The painting was… — Volkmar Essers Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus 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 capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
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
