Quotes on Art And Artists

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

You can't try to do things; you simply must do them.

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.

Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic.

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.

This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

For great things do not done just happen by impulse but are a succession of small things linked together.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

By trying to understand everything, everything makes me dream

I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can.