Art Quotes - Page 2

• A picture is a work of art, not because it is 'modern,' nor because it is 'ancient,' but because it is a sincere expression of human feeling.

  John F. Carlson

  Expression, Feelings, Ancient

  John F. Carlson (2013). “Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting”, p.15, Courier Corporation

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

  Pablo Picasso

  Inspirational, Motivational, Leadership

  "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.

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• If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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• The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Love, Life, Romantic

  "Mary Engelbreit's Words To Live By". Book by Mary Engelbreit, 1999.

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  A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

  George Bernard Shaw

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  George Bernard Shaw (2015). “The Collected Works of George Bernard Shaw: Plays, Novels, Articles, Lectures, Letters and Essays: Pygmalion, Mrs. Warren’s Profession, Candida, Arms and The Man, Man and Superman, Caesar and Cleopatra, Androcles And The Lion, The New York Times Articles on War, Memories of Oscar Wilde and more”, p.2451, e-artnow

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• The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration.

  Frida Kahlo

  Happy Friday, Needs, Consideration

  Christina Burrus, Frida Kahlo (2008). “Frida Kahlo: 'I Paint My Reality'”

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• Art is the signature of civilizations.

  Beverly Sills

  Inspirational, Acceptance, Civilization

  "The Beacon Book of Quotations by Women". Book by Rosalie Maggio, 1992.

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• This world is but a canvas to our imagination.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Henry David Thoreau (2016). “A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers”, p.208, Xist Publishing

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• If you could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.

  Edward Hopper

  Creative, Would Be, Painting

  Ray Spangenburg, Kit Moser, Edward Hopper, Diane Moser (2002). “Edward Hopper: The Life of an Artist”, Enslow Pub Incorporated

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• Art is a kind of innate drive that seizes a human being and makes him its instrument.

  Carl Jung

  Kind, Instruments, Humans

  Carl Gustav Jung (2001). “Modern Man in Search of a Soul”, p.173, Psychology Press

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• We don't make mistakes; we just have happy accidents.

  Bob Ross

  Inspirational, Mistake, Littles

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  It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Dance, Education

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.52, St. Martin's Press

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• Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Men, Expression, Fools Day

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

  Salvador Dali

  Funny, Music, Sarcastic

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• Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos.

  Stephen Sondheim

  Order, Racist, Chaos

  "Maestro of Broadway". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. July 05, 2005.

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• Art must be an expression of love or it is nothing.

  Marc Chagall

  Life, Beauty, Beautiful

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  Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone.

  Pablo Picasso

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• One eye sees, the other feels.

  Paul Klee

  Inspirational, Eye, Vision

  Paul Klee (1964). “The Diaries of Paul Klee, 1898-1918”, p.310, Univ of California Press

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  I am seeking, I am striving, I am in it with all my heart.

  Vincent Van Gogh

  Life, Beautiful, Military

  Vincent van Gogh, Mark Roskill (1997). “The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh”, p.148, Simon and Schuster

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• We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth at least the truth that is given us to understand. The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.

  Pablo Picasso

  Lying, Realizing, Given

  In Dore Ashton Picasso on Art (1972) "Two statements by Picasso"

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• Desire is not what you see, but what you imagine.

  Paulo Coelho

  Life, Inspiration, Creativity

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• A line is a dot that went for a walk.

  Paul Klee

  Inspirational, Drawing, Dots

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• Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.

  Amy Lowell

  Men, Expression, Personality

  Amy Lowell (1931). “Tendencies in Modern American Poetry”, p.7, Ardent Media

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• Imagination is more important than knowledge.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Positive, Leadership

  Albert Einstein (2015). “Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century”, p.32, St. Martin's Press

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• Of all lies, art is the least untrue.

  Gustave Flaubert

  Lying, Art Is, Untrue

  Gustave Flaubert, Francis Steegmuller (1980). “The Letters of Gustave Flaubert: 1830-1857”, p.52, Harvard University Press

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