Art Quote by Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon

Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word.

— Eric Gill

It's easier and sociabler to talk technique than it is to make art.

— John Barth

Art makes you reinvent the wheel with regularity. If you don't, art gets bored and slips away.

— Walter Darby Bannard

Art is an artifice that you try to make seem natural.

— Sam Lipsyte

...but anyone with the time and the inclination can acquire technical proficiency. To achieve greatness, though, that requires artistry. That requires imagination and thoughtfulness...

— Christopher Paolini

The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea.

— Agnes Martin

In my eyes, making art is very often about something that you don't know.

— Lawrence Weiner

Artmaking involves skills that can be learned. . . In large measure becoming an artist consists of learning to accept yourself, which makes your…

— David Bayles

For the essential thing about the work of art is that it is work, and very hard work too.

— Joyce Cary

Good art provides people with a vocabulary about things they can't articulate.

— Mos Def

No matter how substandard you feel your skill or talent may be, If you never produce your art, the world will always remain deprived…

— Derek R. Audette

If art is the bridge between what you see in your mind and what the world sees, then skill is how you build that…

— Twyla Tharp