Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. …” – Pablo Picasso
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary. – Pablo Picasso
Art Quotes
We have art in order not to die of the truth. …” – Friedrich Nietzsche
We have art in order not to die of the truth. – Friedrich Nietzsche
A work of art is above all an adventure of the min …” – Eugene Ionesco
A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind. – Eugene Ionesco
When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is t …” – Agnes Martin
When I think of art I think of beauty. Beauty is the mystery of life. It is not in the eye it is in the mind. In our minds there is awareness of perfection. – Agnes Martin
Why do we make records? Because we want to say som …” – Patrick Stump
Why do we make records? Because we want to say something. Why are you in art? Because you want to say something. The second you don’t have anything to say, you stop making art – you might start making product. And I’m interested in being an artist. – Patrick Stump
Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without …” – Winston Churchill
Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse. – Winston Churchill
A man paints with his brains and not with his hand …” – Michelangelo
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands. – Michelangelo
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of …” – Leo Tolstoy
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. – Leo Tolstoy
When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-mad …” – Marc Chagall
When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it – a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand – as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there’s a clash between the two, it’s bad art. – Marc Chagall
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no pos …” – Salvador Dali
Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad. – Salvador Dali
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fing …” – Isaac Asimov
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. – Isaac Asimov
Cartooning at its best is a fine art. I’m a cartoo …” – Ralph Bakshi
Cartooning at its best is a fine art. I’m a cartoonist who works in the medium of animation, which also allows me to paint my cartoons. – Ralph Bakshi
Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very …” – Edgar Degas
Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do. – Edgar Degas
One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one …” – Balthus
One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil. – Balthus
They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art o …” – Ben Jonson
They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom. – Ben Jonson