Quotes by Artist | Beyond Motive 10/55

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"The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions."

"The art of mastering life is the prerequisite for all further forms of expression, whether they are paintings, sculptures, tragedies, or musical compositions."

Paul Klee, Swiss Artist

Life, Art, Expression

6

"We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way."

"We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way."

David Hockney, English Artist

6

"I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call crap, or you can work very modestly with eloquently moving results."

"I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call crap, or you can work very modestly with eloquently moving results."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

Work, Project, Results

6

"Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder."

"Without anxiety and illness I should have been like a ship without a rudder."

Edvard Munch, Norwegian Artist

Health, Anxiety, Illness

6

"I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means. If it means what I think it does, then I don't do it. I'm not crazy about categories."

"I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means. If it means what I think it does, then I don't do it. I'm not crazy about categories."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

6

"Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open."

"Sometimes I miss out the morning's painting session and instead study my Japanese books in the open."

Gustav Klimt, Austrian Artist

Books, Open, Painting, Study

6

"Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn't look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself."

"Pop Art looks out into the world. It doesn't look like a painting of something, it looks like the thing itself."

Roy Lichtenstein, American Artist

Art, Painting, World

6

"I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed."

"I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

Creativity, Ideas, Fame, Public, Trying

6

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Ignorance, Open

6

"Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come."

"Every beauty which is seen here by persons of perception resembles more than anything else that celestial source from which we all are come."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

Beauty, Perception

6

"First, there was 2 Stupid Dogs. Then, Dexter's Laboratory. And now, Powerpuff Girls. There were a lot of little things in between, but those were the main ones."

"First, there was 2 Stupid Dogs. Then, Dexter's Laboratory. And now, Powerpuff Girls. There were a lot of little things in between, but those were the main ones."

Craig McCracken, American Artist

Dogs, First, Girls, Now

6

"If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet."

"If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet."

Brad Holland, American Artist

Career, Careers, Painting, Today

6

"He drove his kind of realism at me so hard I bounced right into nonobjective painting."

"He drove his kind of realism at me so hard I bounced right into nonobjective painting."

Jackson Pollock, American Artist

Painting, Realism, Right

6

"Who sows virtue reaps honor."

"Who sows virtue reaps honor."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

6

"Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine?"

"Why do they cover Paul's songs but never mine?"

Yoko Ono, American Artist

Recognition, Songs

6

"Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again."

"Even the knowledge of my own fallibility cannot keep me from making mistakes. Only when I fall do I get up again."

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

Knowledge, Fallibility, Mistakes

6

"I learned early about the misery and dangers of life, and about the afterlife, about the external punishment which awaited the children of sin in Hell."

"I learned early about the misery and dangers of life, and about the afterlife, about the external punishment which awaited the children of sin in Hell."

Edvard Munch, Norwegian Artist

Life, Afterlife, Children, Hell

6

"I believe in advertisement and media completely. My art and my personal life are based in it. I think that the art world would probably be a tremendous reservoir for everybody involved in advertising."

"I believe in advertisement and media completely. My art and my personal life are based in it. I think that the art world would probably be a tremendous reservoir for everybody involved in advertising."

Jeff Koons, American Artist

Life, Art, Advertising, Media

6

"Each book first begins with a little idea."

"Each book first begins with a little idea."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Creativity, Idea, First

6

"It wasn't a problem for me drawing humans although I had originally come to the studio with the idea that what I had to offer them was my knowledge in the drawing of animals."

"It wasn't a problem for me drawing humans although I had originally come to the studio with the idea that what I had to offer them was my knowledge in the drawing of animals."

Marc Davis, American Artist

Creativity, Idea, Knowledge, Animals

6

"We created a brand for ourselves, so that now people can't get mad at what we do, because then they're just making of themselves."

Trey Parker, American Artist

6

"There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats."

"There are only two types of women - goddesses and doormats."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

6

"My painting does not come from the easel."

"My painting does not come from the easel."

Jackson Pollock, American Artist

6

"A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art."

"A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

Art, Work, Emotion

6

"Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different."

"Most people live in the city and go to the country at the weekend, and that's posh and aristocratic, but actually to live in the country and come to London when you can't take it any more is different."

Damien Hirst, British Artist

People, Country, London, Weekend

6

"Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence."

"Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence."

Emily Carr, Canadian Artist

Disorder, Magnificence

6

"With an apple I will astonish Paris."

"With an apple I will astonish Paris."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

Astonishment, Paris, Will

6

"I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work."

"I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work."

Andy Goldsworthy, British Artist

Work, People, Public

6

"You were told how much space so it was a matter of whether you could send in two paintings or three paintings, you know, pending where the show was being held. You did submit work to be accepted. Once you were accepted that was it. You did your own selection of what went in."

"You were told how much space so it was a matter of whether you could send in two paintings or three paintings, you know, pending where the show was being held. You did submit work to be accepted. Once you were accepted that was it. You did your own selection of what went in."

Lee Krasner, American Artist

Work, Being, Space

6

"Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is."

"Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is."

H. R. Giger, Swiss Artist

Work, Death, People, Blood

6

"When people say 'What are underground comics?' I think the best way you can define them is just the absolute freedom involved... we didn't have anyone standing over us."

"When people say 'What are underground comics?' I think the best way you can define them is just the absolute freedom involved... we didn't have anyone standing over us."

Robert Crumb, American Artist

People, Freedom

6

"Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind."

"Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind."

Bridget Riley, British Artist

Attention, Consciousness, Focus, Freedom

6

"You know, it was just another presentation of my work, and a funny one, because the cards are quite different from the normal Tarot deck, no?"

"You know, it was just another presentation of my work, and a funny one, because the cards are quite different from the normal Tarot deck, no?"

H. R. Giger, Swiss Artist

Fun, Funny, Work, Cards

6

"You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea."

"You have to have an idea of what you are going to do, but it should be a vague idea."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Creativity, Idea

6

"Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see."

"Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see."

Philip Guston, American Artist

Illusion, Magic, Painting

6

"In our own time it has been seen... that simple children, roughly brought up in the wilderness, have begun to draw by themselves, impelled by their own natural genius, instructed solely by the example of these beautiful paintings and sculptures of Nature."

"In our own time it has been seen... that simple children, roughly brought up in the wilderness, have begun to draw by themselves, impelled by their own natural genius, instructed solely by the example of these beautiful paintings and sculptures of Nature."

Giorgio Vasari, Italian Artist

Nature, Time, Genius, Children

6

"No man e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law."

"No man e'er felt the halter draw, With good opinion of the law."

John Trumbull, American Artist

Law, Man, Opinion

6

"Tell me, do you think I'm going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know."

"Tell me, do you think I'm going mad? I sometimes wonder, you know."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

6

"Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation."

"Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

Art, Lies, Salvation

6

"For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings."

"For me an object is something living. This cigarette or this box of matches contains a secret life much more intense than that of certain human beings."

Joan Miro, Spanish Artist

6

"I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances."

"I think that every so-called history book and film biography should be prefaced by the statement that what follows is the author's rendition of events and circumstances."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

History, Biography, Circumstances, Events

6

"I think I understand something about space. I think the job of a sculptor is spatial as much as it is to do with form."

"I think I understand something about space. I think the job of a sculptor is spatial as much as it is to do with form."

Anish Kapoor, Indian Artist

6

"When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed."

"When looking at any significant work of art, remember that a more significant one probably has had to be sacrificed."

Paul Klee, Swiss Artist

6

"I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism."

"I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

People, Being, Criticism, Pleasure

6

"The subject of my work has a lot to do with general, artistic matters, questions like: What is creativity? Where do we come from? What are our motors? What is coincidence? What is logic?"

"The subject of my work has a lot to do with general, artistic matters, questions like: What is creativity? Where do we come from? What are our motors? What is coincidence? What is logic?"

Alva Noto, German Artist

Work, Creativity, Logic, Questions

6

"The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen."

"The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen."

Paul Klee, Swiss Artist

6

"But Walt and him shared the same kind of optimism. Walt believed in himself, and he was optimistic about what he wanted to do. He just knew it will be okay, and Dali was the same way. They had a great deal in common that way."

"But Walt and him shared the same kind of optimism. Walt believed in himself, and he was optimistic about what he wanted to do. He just knew it will be okay, and Dali was the same way. They had a great deal in common that way."

John Hench, American Artist

6

"I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight."

"I have seized the light. I have arrested its flight."

Louis Jacques Mande Daguerre, French Artist

Creativity, Light

6

"I was for years in the yellow period, you know."

"I was for years in the yellow period, you know."

Josef Albers, German Artist

6

"There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself in relationship to painting and that was attitudes like tortured, struggle, pain."

"There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself in relationship to painting and that was attitudes like tortured, struggle, pain."

Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist

Language, Pain, Painting, Struggle

6

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