Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.
I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.
The object isn't to make art, it's to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.
An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.
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.
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.
Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.
To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.
An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.
Men talk about art, and artists make art, but should artists talk?
For me personally, I love art and artists of all mediums and we've seen madness is more often than not present in the greatest painters, poets, writers, and songwriters in history.
I feel mushy these days when I think about art and artists and the work that lies ahead for us. There's good work to be done and there's joy to be found in it, I think.
Art feeds off art...and artists feed off artists.
What is great about art and artists is that we get to ask the questions, even though we may never know the answers.
Men are not suffering from the lack of good literature, good art, good theatre, good music, but from that which has made it impossible for these to become manifest. In short, they are suffering from the silent shameful conspiracy (the more shameful since it is unacknowledged) which has bound them together as enemies of art and artists.
A nation devoid of art and artists cannot have a full existence.
I grew up going to museums. I was privileged to discover art and artists in a very personal way.
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