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"No, I didn't work it out upside down, I never turned it around."

"No, I didn't work it out upside down, I never turned it around."

H. R. Giger, Swiss Artist

5

"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent."

"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent."

David Hockney, English Artist

5

"So I look at a lot of stuff now that I did and some of it looks tame to me, but my interest in terms of what I want to say with it is a little different."

"So I look at a lot of stuff now that I did and some of it looks tame to me, but my interest in terms of what I want to say with it is a little different."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

Interest, Now, Want

5

"Intention involves such a small fragment of our consciousness and of our mind and of our life."

"Intention involves such a small fragment of our consciousness and of our mind and of our life."

Jasper Johns, American Artist

Life, Consciousness, Intention, Mind

5

"I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful? One must speak of problems in painting!"

"I have a horror of people who speak about the beautiful. What is the beautiful? One must speak of problems in painting!"

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Philosophy, People, Horror, Problems

5

"Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans."

"Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's because I understand short attention spans."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

Work, Attention, Language

5

"You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand."

"You do ill if you praise, but worse if you censure, what you do not understand."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Wisdom, Censure, Praise

5

"The people who make art their business are mostly imposters."

"The people who make art their business are mostly imposters."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Business, Art, People

5

"A puny body weakens the soul."

"A puny body weakens the soul."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

5

"Action is the foundational key to all success."

"Action is the foundational key to all success."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Success, Action, Key

5

"It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema."

"It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema."

Conrad Hall, American Artist

History, Cinema

5

"Trees love to toss and sway; they make such happy noises."

"Trees love to toss and sway; they make such happy noises."

Emily Carr, Canadian Artist

5

"No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes."

"No longer diverted by other emotions, I work the way a cow grazes."

Kathe Kollwitz, German Artist

5

"But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube."

"But with comics you're reading and assimilating an image simultaneously, instead of just reading or watching the tube."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

5

"Fifty years ago, it was the dream of every bohemian artist to be seen getting out of a limousine wearing blue jeans and sneakers. Today, it's the dream of probably half the people in the country."

"Fifty years ago, it was the dream of every bohemian artist to be seen getting out of a limousine wearing blue jeans and sneakers. Today, it's the dream of probably half the people in the country."

Brad Holland, American Artist

People, Dream, Country

5

"The foreign accent was a promise, and indeed, all over the country, European imports added spice to the sciences, the arts, and other areas. What one had to give was not considered inferior to what one received."

"The foreign accent was a promise, and indeed, all over the country, European imports added spice to the sciences, the arts, and other areas. What one had to give was not considered inferior to what one received."

Rudolf Arnheim, German Artist

Nation, Country, Promise

5

"Animation had been done before, but stories were never told."

"Animation had been done before, but stories were never told."

Marc Davis, American Artist

Movies, Animation

5

"First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard."

"First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard."

Beatrice Wood, American Artist

Work, Fact, First

5

"Art will never be able to exist without nature."

"Art will never be able to exist without nature."

Pierre Bonnard, French Artist

Nature, Art, Will

5

"Well, I like way downtown near the Battery. I lived down there at this time and for, I guess, the following well, this is where I moved to uptown and I've been here for four years and this is 1965."

"Well, I like way downtown near the Battery. I lived down there at this time and for, I guess, the following well, this is where I moved to uptown and I've been here for four years and this is 1965."

Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist

5

"You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself."

"You know, acting is very fascinating. But being an actress is not, because you become so concentrated on yourself."

Beatrice Wood, American Artist

5

"Bad artists copy. Good artists steal."

"Bad artists copy. Good artists steal."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Creativity, Artists

5

"I did all the work at the beginning up until the point where I couldn't handle the increasingly heavy art production burden alone. I needed, and got, assistance."

"I did all the work at the beginning up until the point where I couldn't handle the increasingly heavy art production burden alone. I needed, and got, assistance."

Joe Shuster, Canadian Artist

Art, Work, Beginning, Burden

5

"Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches."

"Don't pay any attention to what they write about you. Just measure it in inches."

Andy Warhol, American Artist

Attention, Measure

5

"Theology is anthropology."

"Theology is anthropology."

Anselm Feuerbach, German Artist

Religion, Anthropology, Theology

5

"I have come to terms with a lot of things, because, when all's said and done, there's really very little one can do about a lot of things. You just accept them. The point is you just have to keep on working and you just have to keep on living."

"I have come to terms with a lot of things, because, when all's said and done, there's really very little one can do about a lot of things. You just accept them. The point is you just have to keep on working and you just have to keep on living."

Jim Dine, American Artist

5

"This kind of painting with its large frames is a bourgeois drawing-room art. It is an art dealer's art-and that came in after the civil wars following the French Revolution."

"This kind of painting with its large frames is a bourgeois drawing-room art. It is an art dealer's art-and that came in after the civil wars following the French Revolution."

Edvard Munch, Norwegian Artist

Art, Revolution, Painting

5

"He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law."

"He can who thinks he can, and he can't who thinks he can't. This is an inexorable, indisputable law."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

5

"But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer."

"But at heart, I am more than a cinematographer."

Conrad Hall, American Artist

5

"True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me."

"True relaxation, which would do me the world of good, does not exist for me."

Gustav Klimt, Austrian Artist

Life, Relaxation, World

5

"The first job I was offered was as an editorial assistant. I think it was the best thing for me, in terms of being a storyteller by nature, to have spent years being an editor because I learned so much from it."

"The first job I was offered was as an editorial assistant. I think it was the best thing for me, in terms of being a storyteller by nature, to have spent years being an editor because I learned so much from it."

Terri Windling, American Artist

Nature, Being, First, Job

5

"And then we moved to New Jersey and I went to the Art Students League."

"And then we moved to New Jersey and I went to the Art Students League."

Donald Judd, American Artist

5

"Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't."

"Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

5

"You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest."

"You say a new era in art is preparing; you sensed it coming; continue your studies without weakening. God will do the rest."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

Art, God, Rest, Will

5

"Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment."

"Color is my day-long obsession, joy and torment."

Claude Monet, French Artist

Art, Day, Joy, Obsession

5

"I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own totality, of his own separateness, of his own individuality."

"I hope that my painting has the impact of giving someone, as it did me, the feeling of his own totality, of his own separateness, of his own individuality."

Barnett Newman, American Artist

Hope, Feeling, Giving, Individuality

5

"I have never been able to understand the artist whose image never changes."

"I have never been able to understand the artist whose image never changes."

Lee Krasner, American Artist

5

"Today we no longer regard the universe as the cause of our own undeserved troubles but perhaps, on the contrary, as the last refuge from the mismanagement of our earthly affairs."

"Today we no longer regard the universe as the cause of our own undeserved troubles but perhaps, on the contrary, as the last refuge from the mismanagement of our earthly affairs."

Rudolf Arnheim, German Artist

Cause, Today, Universe

5

"How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?"

"How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?"

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

5

"I think maybe chance works better in a situation like music because music exists over a period of time, and you don't maintain constantly the you can't refer back from one area to another area."

"I think maybe chance works better in a situation like music because music exists over a period of time, and you don't maintain constantly the you can't refer back from one area to another area."

Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist

Music, Time, Chance

5

"Wherever art appears, life disappears."

"Wherever art appears, life disappears."

Robert Motherwell, American Artist

5

"And I think maybe all women, if they just had a chance, would be romantic and believe in love and not sex. And men believe in sex and not love."

"And I think maybe all women, if they just had a chance, would be romantic and believe in love and not sex. And men believe in sex and not love."

Beatrice Wood, American Artist

Love, Men, Women, Sex

5

"I began demonstrating against serious culture. In hindsight, the actual course of events has been very humiliating for me, because no one picked up on the intellectual critique I made."

"I began demonstrating against serious culture. In hindsight, the actual course of events has been very humiliating for me, because no one picked up on the intellectual critique I made."

Henry Flynt, American Artist

Cultural, Culture, Events, Hindsight

5

"It is difficult to separate, at times, the myth from the truth."

"It is difficult to separate, at times, the myth from the truth."

Bob Kane, American Artist

5

"The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively and pandering to it."

"The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively and pandering to it."

Andy Goldsworthy, British Artist

Creativity, Energy, Public

5

"The golden age has not passed; it lies in the future."

"The golden age has not passed; it lies in the future."

Paul Signac, French Artist

Age, Future, Lies

5

"Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier."

"Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses? Girls are so much prettier."

Marie Laurencin, French Artist

Art, Beer, Fish, Girls

5

"Entropy theory, on the other hand, is not concerned with the probability of succession in a series of items but with the overall distribution of kinds of items in a given arrangement."

"Entropy theory, on the other hand, is not concerned with the probability of succession in a series of items but with the overall distribution of kinds of items in a given arrangement."

Rudolf Arnheim, German Artist

5

"Some colors reconcile themselves to one another, others just clash."

"Some colors reconcile themselves to one another, others just clash."

Edvard Munch, Norwegian Artist

5

"Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting."

"Sculpture is the best comment that a painter can make on painting."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Creativity, Painting, Sculpture

5

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