Quotes on Inspiration And Art

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

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

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.

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.

Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.

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

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

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

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.

The life of a designer is a life of fight: fight against the ugliness.

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.