Quotes
Art
Abstract art: a product of the untalented sold by the unprincipled to the
utterly bewildered. ~Al
Capp
Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the
frame. ~G.
K. Chesterton
But that's what being an artist is - feeling crummy before everyone else
feels crummy. ~The New Yorker
Give me a museum and I'll fill it.
~Pablo
Picasso
Paradoxically though it may seem, it is none the less true that life imitates
art far more than art imitates life. ~Oscar
Wilde (1854-1900)
Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects
such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern
art. ~Tom Stopped
The artist alone sees spirits. But after he has told of their appearing to him,
everybody sees them. ~Johann
Wolfgang von Goethe
When Michelangelo finished the painting of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling, he
spent the rest of his life trying to remove the paint that had poured into his
sleeve. ~Francois
Cavanna
I often think the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day. ~Vincent Van Gogh
In an artist's life, death is perhaps not the most difficult thing. ~Vincent Van Gogh
Without fear and illness, I could never have accomplished all I have. ~Edvard Munch
Art is a passion or it is nothing." ~ Robert Fry
A painting is never finished - it simply stops in interesting places." ~ Paul Gardner
...the object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity. ~ Alberto Giacometti
A line is a dot that went for a
walk." ~
Paul
A great sculpture can roll down a
hill without breaking ~ Michelangelo
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. ~Michelangelo
Art is a lie that helps us to realize the truth."~ Pablo Picasso
Art is not freedom from discipline, but disciplined freedom. ~Rev.Edward M. Catich
An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision. ~James McNeill Whistler
