Art Quote by Washington Allston Download Open image “The Painter who seeks popularity in Art closes the door upon his own genius.” — Washington Allston ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Doors Genius Painter Painting Popularity
He that seeks popularity in art closes the door on his own genius: as he must needs paint for other minds, and not for… — Anna Brownell Jameson Copy Share Image
The artist is a vessel for creativity. He has the key to the door of a very special place, which he can open at… — Thomas J. Katz Copy Share Image
There must be understanding between the artist and the people. In the best ages of art that has always been the case. Genius can… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
The genius is the man who has genuine and deep human relations with others, who does not cut himself off in the search for… — Ignacy Jan Paderewski Copy Share Image
Once an artist makes his personal life public, he can't close that door. — Romeo Santos Copy Share Image
When the artist is alive in any person, whatever his kind of work may be, he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressive creature. He… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
Talent finds its models, methods, and ends in society, exists for exhibition, and goes to the soul only for power to work. Genius is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
To express himself well, the artist should be hidden. The trouble is that if an artist knows he has genius, he's done for. The… — Pierre-Auguste Renoir Copy Share Image
The popular mythology of creative genius depends on beloved stereotypes of the artist in youth and old age: the misunderstood upstart who forces us… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
An opened mind will eventually lead to a more well rounded artist and this will thus heightenen his or her level of professionalism. — St. Lucia Copy Share Image
The moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
It is my greatest misfortune to be too lazy, and by the few mortifications I have already set with on that account I predict… — Washington Allston Copy Share Image
Selfishness in art, as in other things, is sensibility kept at home. — Washington Allston Copy Share Image
It is a hard matter for a man to lie all over, nature having provided king's evidence in almost every member. The hand will… — Washington Allston Copy Share Image
Desert being the essential condition of praise, there can be no reality in the one without the other. — Washington Allston Copy Share Image
Humility is also a healing virtue; it will cicatrize a thousand wounds, which pride would keep forever open. — Washington Allston Copy Share Image
If an Artist love his Art for its own sake, he will delight in excellence wherever he meets it, as well in the work… — Washington Allston Copy Share Image
Never expect justice from a vain man; if he has the negative magnanimity not to disparage you, it is the most you can expect. — Washington Allston Copy Share Image
The greatest of all fools is the proud fool--who is at the mercy of every fool he meets. — Washington Allston Copy Share Image
Injustice allowed at home is not likely to be corrected abroad. — Washington Allston 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
