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"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

"It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw."

"It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw."

Emily Carr, Canadian Artist

Grandness, Canada

5

"I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film."

"I can still recall the thrill of shooting my first film."

Conrad Hall, American Artist

5

"Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer."

"Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer."

James Houston, Canadian Artist

Expression, Tools, Words, Writer

5

"The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many."

"The rare few, who, early in life have rid themselves of the friendship of the many."

James Whistler, American Artist

Friendship, Life

5

"As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed."

"As we advance in life it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties the inmost strength of the heart is developed."

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

Life, Heart, Strength, Difficulties

5

"Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die."

"Wars have never hurt anybody except the people who die."

Salvador Dali, Spanish Artist

5

"Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects."

"Comics are really my life blood in a lot of respects."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

5

"A painting is a symbol for the universe. Inside it, each piece relates to the other. Each piece is only answerable to the rest of that little world. So, probably in the total universe, there is that kind of total harmony, but we get only little tastes of it."

"A painting is a symbol for the universe. Inside it, each piece relates to the other. Each piece is only answerable to the rest of that little world. So, probably in the total universe, there is that kind of total harmony, but we get only little tastes of it."

Corita Kent, American Artist

Art, Harmony, Painting, Rest, Symbol

5

"But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America."

"But, you see, the theatre is not always art in America."

Beatrice Wood, American Artist

Art, America, Theatre

5

"The hidden harmony is better than the obvious."

"The hidden harmony is better than the obvious."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Wisdom, Harmony, Obvious

5

"If Bill Finger created Batman, where is Bill Finger's byline on my strip? It is conspicuous by its absence."

"If Bill Finger created Batman, where is Bill Finger's byline on my strip? It is conspicuous by its absence."

Bob Kane, American Artist

5

"What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way? Deformations simply do not exist."

"What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such painter? That which is in front? Inside? Behind? And the rest? Doesn't everyone look at himself in his own particular way? Deformations simply do not exist."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

5

"I don't like things that can be reproduced. Wood isn't important in itself but rather in the fact that objects made in it are unique, simple, unpretentious."

"I don't like things that can be reproduced. Wood isn't important in itself but rather in the fact that objects made in it are unique, simple, unpretentious."

Georg Baselitz, German Artist

5

"It's all in how you arrange the thing... the careful balance of the design is the motion."

"It's all in how you arrange the thing... the careful balance of the design is the motion."

Andrew Wyeth, American Artist

Design, Balance

5

"But the answer to how to live is to stop thinking about it. And just to live. But you're doing that anyway. However you intellectualise it, you still just live."

"But the answer to how to live is to stop thinking about it. And just to live. But you're doing that anyway. However you intellectualise it, you still just live."

Damien Hirst, British Artist

5

"All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."

"All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Wisdom, Artists, Children

5

"Warhol's images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his background in commercial art. To be honest, I didn't think about him a hell of a lot."

"Warhol's images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his background in commercial art. To be honest, I didn't think about him a hell of a lot."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

Time, Art, Hell, Nothing

5

"Mistakes and dead-ends often mean more to these artists than any proven problem."

"Mistakes and dead-ends often mean more to these artists than any proven problem."

Robert Smithson, American Artist

Art, Artists, Mistakes

5

"Dennis the Menace was probably the most realistic comic book ever done. No space aliens ever invaded!"

"Dennis the Menace was probably the most realistic comic book ever done. No space aliens ever invaded!"

Gilbert Hernandez, American Artist

5

"Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realisation. I've had what I thought were great ideas that just didn't work."

"Ideas must be put to the test. That's why we make things, otherwise they would be no more than ideas. There is often a huge difference between an idea and its realisation. I've had what I thought were great ideas that just didn't work."

Andy Goldsworthy, British Artist

Work, Thought, Idea, Ideas

5

"As with the Princess Di crash, which sent the media on the most insane feeding frenzy. From the moment of the crash, the pornography of sentiment never let up."

"As with the Princess Di crash, which sent the media on the most insane feeding frenzy. From the moment of the crash, the pornography of sentiment never let up."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

Media, Pornography, Sentiment

5

"The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men."

"The rich man who gives, steals twice over. First he steals the money and then the hearts of men."

Edvard Munch, Norwegian Artist

Man, Men, Money, First

5

"Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making."

"Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making."

Salvador Dali, Spanish Artist

5

"I don't know how to organise thoughts. I don't know how to have thoughts."

"I don't know how to organise thoughts. I don't know how to have thoughts."

Jasper Johns, American Artist

Thought, Thoughts

5

"Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy."

"Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy."

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

Love, Difficulties, Energy

5

"The shows are either 11 or 22 minutes and they move pretty quickly, and that's part of the charm of them - so it was just trying to keep that in mind and keep the energy of the story moving, even though we were dealing with a longer format."

"The shows are either 11 or 22 minutes and they move pretty quickly, and that's part of the charm of them - so it was just trying to keep that in mind and keep the energy of the story moving, even though we were dealing with a longer format."

Craig McCracken, American Artist

Television, Charm, Energy, Mind, Pretty

5

"Every time I copy something, I can draw it for the rest of my life. But research is so painful - I mean just opening up a magazine looking for a picture of a car or looking out the window looking for a car is just hard!"

"Every time I copy something, I can draw it for the rest of my life. But research is so painful - I mean just opening up a magazine looking for a picture of a car or looking out the window looking for a car is just hard!"

Jaime Hernandez, American Artist

Car, Time, Life, Research

5

"I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film. I'm not talking about actresses; I'm talking about lighting people. Lighting on TV is just so... it's sinful, it really is."

"I'm going to insult a whole industry here, but it seems like TV is for people who can't do film. I'm not talking about actresses; I'm talking about lighting people. Lighting on TV is just so... it's sinful, it really is."

Kevyn Aucoin, American Artist

People, Film, Insult, Talking

5

"In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was no art, so I really didn't know what that meant. I think I thought it meant that I would be in a situation different than the one that I was in."

"In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was no art, so I really didn't know what that meant. I think I thought it meant that I would be in a situation different than the one that I was in."

Jasper Johns, American Artist

Art, Thought, Artists

5

"There is only one true thing: instantly paint what you see. When you've got it, you've got it. When you haven't, you begin again. All the rest is humbug."

"There is only one true thing: instantly paint what you see. When you've got it, you've got it. When you haven't, you begin again. All the rest is humbug."

Edouard Manet, French Artist

Authenticity, Rest

5

"You can't make people respond."

"You can't make people respond."

Arthur Boyd, Australian Artist

5

"One of the problems I have with a lot of movies these days is that everything is too well lit. In the world of digital creations there is a tendency to show too much."

"One of the problems I have with a lot of movies these days is that everything is too well lit. In the world of digital creations there is a tendency to show too much."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

Movies, Problems, World

5

"I've never had an easy relationship with critics. I hold a lot of homicide in my heart. If this was another time, I'd be packing a piece."

"I've never had an easy relationship with critics. I hold a lot of homicide in my heart. If this was another time, I'd be packing a piece."

Jim Dine, American Artist

5

"You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and when the chemicals ended, meaning the picture was fixed by chemicals, we were in a new era."

"You had to be aware that I saw that photography was a mere episode in the history of the optical projection and when the chemicals ended, meaning the picture was fixed by chemicals, we were in a new era."

David Hockney, English Artist

History, Meaning, Photography

5

"Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite."

"Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite."

Paul Gauguin, French Artist

Productivity, Key, Result

5

"There are a couple of things in there if we're constraining this discussion to horror here."

"There are a couple of things in there if we're constraining this discussion to horror here."

Eddie Campbell, Scottish Artist

5

"I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it."

"I saw that nothing was permanent. You don't want to possess anything that is dear to you because you might lose it."

Yoko Ono, American Artist

5

"I hope there are some who will brave ridicule for the sake of common justice to half the people in the world."

"I hope there are some who will brave ridicule for the sake of common justice to half the people in the world."

Barbara Bodichon, British Artist

People, Hope, Justice, Ridicule

5

"Dave Sim said in his latest thing of his, 'when you're on the right track, you'll know it, but until you get there, you have to believe you're on the right track'. Interesting little conundrum. It's not easy."

"Dave Sim said in his latest thing of his, 'when you're on the right track, you'll know it, but until you get there, you have to believe you're on the right track'. Interesting little conundrum. It's not easy."

Eddie Campbell, Scottish Artist

Creativity, Right

5

"It's my memory, and what happened between that moment 10 or 15 years ago and now, there's a lot of gray area."

"It's my memory, and what happened between that moment 10 or 15 years ago and now, there's a lot of gray area."

Tracey Emin, English Artist

Memory, Now, Years

5

"Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it."

"Poetry surrounds us everywhere, but putting it on paper is, alas, not so easy as looking at it."

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

5

"I say it is indispensable to look ahead of and behind oneself in the present. If there is such a thing as tradition, and I believe there is, it can only exist in the sense of the most profound movements of culture."

"I say it is indispensable to look ahead of and behind oneself in the present. If there is such a thing as tradition, and I believe there is, it can only exist in the sense of the most profound movements of culture."

Robert Delaunay, French Artist

Cultural, Culture, Present, Sense, Tradition

5

"Sun-bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue - that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man's destruction is finished."

"Sun-bleached bones were most wonderful against the blue - that blue that will always be there as it is now after all man's destruction is finished."

Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist

Destruction, Man, Now, Sun

5

"The show is being changed right now, by the way. Jeff Burke is doing it for the Magic Kingdom. And I think it will be better, with new birds, master of ceremonies, etc."

"The show is being changed right now, by the way. Jeff Burke is doing it for the Magic Kingdom. And I think it will be better, with new birds, master of ceremonies, etc."

John Hench, American Artist

Being, Birds, Magic, Now

5

"Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language."

"Cinematography is infinite in its possibilities... much more so than music or language."

Conrad Hall, American Artist

Music, Infinite, Language, Possibilities

5

"I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting."

"I am more a friend of art than a producer of painting."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

Friendship, Art, Friend, Painting

5

"Everything vanishes around me, and works are born as if out of the void. Ripe, graphic fruits fall off. My hand has become the obedient instrument of a remote will."

"Everything vanishes around me, and works are born as if out of the void. Ripe, graphic fruits fall off. My hand has become the obedient instrument of a remote will."

Paul Klee, Swiss Artist

5

"Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I've always called myself an illustrator. I'm not sure what the difference is. All I know is that whatever type of work I do, I try to give it my very best. Art has been my life."

"Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I've always called myself an illustrator. I'm not sure what the difference is. All I know is that whatever type of work I do, I try to give it my very best. Art has been my life."

Norman Rockwell, American Artist

Life, Art, Work, People

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