Quotes on Art And Artists

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist

The chief enemy of creativity is 'good' sense.

It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye... it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.

Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity.

A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.

There is no must in art because art is free.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt; perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.

No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them.