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"It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do."

"It will stick with you and show up for better or worse in spite of all you or anyone else can do."

Robert Henri, American Artist

41

"I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum."

"I've been giving interviews for the last 25 or 30 years, more often than not answering the same questions over and over again, ad nauseum."

Boyd Rice, American Artist

Opinion, Giving, Questions, Years

41

"No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them!"

"No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them!"

Norman Rockwell, American Artist

Talent, Conscience, Feeling, Man

41

"Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most underemployed, talent in the world."

"Common sense is perhaps the most equally divided, but surely the most underemployed, talent in the world."

Christiane Collage, French Artist

Talent, Common sense, World

41

"One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail."

"One does a whole painting for one peach and people think just the opposite - that particular peach is but a detail."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Creativity, People, Detail, Painting

41

"What difference does it make whether you're looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look."

"What difference does it make whether you're looking at a photograph or looking at a still life in front of you? You still have to look."

Chuck Close, American Artist

Life, Difference

41

"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

41

"I want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made. The main point is that it got produced."

"I want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made. The main point is that it got produced."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

41

"I don't even like to talk about it. I hated being a number and not merely because I was a very small one. I let them bellow at me for just as long as it took me to find enough pluck to bellow back at them."

"I don't even like to talk about it. I hated being a number and not merely because I was a very small one. I let them bellow at me for just as long as it took me to find enough pluck to bellow back at them."

George Grosz, German Artist

41

"It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store."

"It takes between three and six hours to make each snowball, depending on snow quality. Wet snow is quick to work with but also quick to thaw, which can lead to a tense journey to the cold store."

Andy Goldsworthy, British Artist

Work, Quality, Journey, Quick

41

"There's so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating because you can forget your own sorrow as you act and become somebody else."

"There's so much more to life than that, though I think that acting is fascinating because you can forget your own sorrow as you act and become somebody else."

Beatrice Wood, American Artist

Life, Act, Acting, Forget

41

"I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work."

"I wanted to learn how to paint rather than just doing black-and-white work."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

41

"Rekindle the joy yachtsman that lies deep inside of you; share magic crystals and watch it grow!"

"Rekindle the joy yachtsman that lies deep inside of you; share magic crystals and watch it grow!"

Isabel Yosito, American Artist

Encouragement, Deep, Joy, Lies, Magic

41

"Being an artist is a very long game. It is not a 10-year game. I hope I'll be around making art when I'm 80."

"Being an artist is a very long game. It is not a 10-year game. I hope I'll be around making art when I'm 80."

Anish Kapoor, Indian Artist

Art, Hope, Being

41

"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

41

"You know, the way art history is taught, often there's nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of a lousy painting and the description of a great painting will very much sound the same."

"You know, the way art history is taught, often there's nothing that tells you why the painting is great. The description of a lousy painting and the description of a great painting will very much sound the same."

Chuck Close, American Artist

Art, History, Nothing, Painting

41

"I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell."

"I have no fear of photography as long as it cannot be used in heaven and in hell."

Edvard Munch, Norwegian Artist

Fear, Heaven, Hell, Photography

41

"An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought."

"An idea is a point of departure and no more. As soon as you elaborate it, it becomes transformed by thought."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Creativity, Thought, Idea, Departure

41

"The key to your universe is that you can choose."

"The key to your universe is that you can choose."

Frederick Carl Frieseke, American Artist

Choice, Key, Universe

41

"When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own."

"When we read a story, we inhabit it. The covers of the book are like a roof and four walls. What is to happen next will take place within the four walls of the story. And this is possible because the story's voice makes everything its own."

John Berger, English Artist

41

"When we were talking about this, an idea for this master vigilante, it was an urban guerilla. One of my ideas was that he would be a member of the police force who turned on the government."

"When we were talking about this, an idea for this master vigilante, it was an urban guerilla. One of my ideas was that he would be a member of the police force who turned on the government."

David Lloyd, British Artist

Government, Idea, Ideas, Force

41

"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

41

"We chose the actors thru a series of auditions when we started the show."

"We chose the actors thru a series of auditions when we started the show."

Craig McCracken, American Artist

41

"But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film."

"But for me, really, the written word is always stronger than film."

Terri Windling, American Artist

41

"As iron rusts when not used, and water gets foul from standing or turns to ice when exposed to cold, so the intellect degenerates without exercise."

"As iron rusts when not used, and water gets foul from standing or turns to ice when exposed to cold, so the intellect degenerates without exercise."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Self, Intellect, Exercise, Knowledge, Growth

41

"George Liquor is really the richest character I have. I'm amazed there aren't 365 episodes about him on TV already."

"George Liquor is really the richest character I have. I'm amazed there aren't 365 episodes about him on TV already."

John Kricfalusi, Canadian Artist

Character, Liquor

41

"And I also trust that there's more than one way to do something."

"And I also trust that there's more than one way to do something."

Dennis Muren, American Artist

41

"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

41

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."

"Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Art, Truth, Lie

41

"Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth."

"Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth."

Francis Picabia, French Artist

Knowledge, Error, Youth

41

"Life obliges me to do something, so I paint."

"Life obliges me to do something, so I paint."

Rene Magritte, Belgian Artist

41

"The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous."

"The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous."

Francis Picabia, French Artist

Family, Man, Spirit

41

"But I have been in some very beautiful churches, then I've looked outside and seen people starving to death."

"But I have been in some very beautiful churches, then I've looked outside and seen people starving to death."

Don Van Vliet, American Artist

Death, People, Churches

41

"Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind."

"Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Wisdom, Inaction, Mind, Purity, Water

41

"Given that I have to share my computer with my three children, it's not usually a site that I get to spend that much time on. I'm usually on the Nickelodeon site, coloring with my little five year old or something."

"Given that I have to share my computer with my three children, it's not usually a site that I get to spend that much time on. I'm usually on the Nickelodeon site, coloring with my little five year old or something."

Todd McFarlane, Canadian Artist

Time, Children, Computer, Old

41

"The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes."

"The number of strokes to the inch controls the pitch of the note: the more, the higher the pitch; the fewer, the lower the pitch, the size of the stroke controls the loudness... the tone quality is the most difficult element to control, it is made by the shape of the strokes."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

Quality, Control

41

"The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion."

"The artist himself may not think he is religious, but if he is sincere his sincerity in itself is religion."

Emily Carr, Canadian Artist

Religion, May, Religious

41

"The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story."

"The work itself has a complete circle of meaning and counterpoint. And without your involvement as a viewer, there is no story."

Anish Kapoor, Indian Artist

41

"But what is of great importance to me is observation of the movement of colors."

"But what is of great importance to me is observation of the movement of colors."

Robert Delaunay, French Artist

Colors, Importance, Observation

41

"If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning."

"If I am worth anything later, I am worth something now. For wheat is wheat, even if people think it is a grass in the beginning."

Vincent van Gogh, Dutch Artist

Self-Worth, Values, Recognition, Confidence

40

"Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it."

"Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it."

Kevyn Aucoin, American Artist

Happiness, Life, Being, Choices

40

"I did take my camera along, as I felt there wouldn't be enough time to draw the things I wanted to do. I did some drawing and did a lot of photography but I was not part of Stryker's outfit at all."

"I did take my camera along, as I felt there wouldn't be enough time to draw the things I wanted to do. I did some drawing and did a lot of photography but I was not part of Stryker's outfit at all."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

Time, Photography

40

"The best way to know God is to love many things."

"The best way to know God is to love many things."

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

40

"I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing."

"I have taught my students not to apply rules or mechanical ways of seeing."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Rules, Students

40

"First of all, I always see the sun! The way I want to identify myself and others is with halos here and there halos, movements of color. And that, I believe, is rhythm."

"First of all, I always see the sun! The way I want to identify myself and others is with halos here and there halos, movements of color. And that, I believe, is rhythm."

Robert Delaunay, French Artist

Art, First, Want

40

"I think that zinc white has a property of scaling and cracking."

"I think that zinc white has a property of scaling and cracking."

Edward Hopper, American Artist

40

"Basically, I viewed any work of art as an imposition of another person's taste, and saw the individual making this imposition as a kind of dictator."

"Basically, I viewed any work of art as an imposition of another person's taste, and saw the individual making this imposition as a kind of dictator."

Henry Flynt, American Artist

Art, Work, Taste

40

"The rehabilitation of order as a universal principle, however, suggested at the same time that orderliness by itself is not sufficient to account for the nature of organized systems in general or for those created by man in particular."

"The rehabilitation of order as a universal principle, however, suggested at the same time that orderliness by itself is not sufficient to account for the nature of organized systems in general or for those created by man in particular."

Rudolf Arnheim, German Artist

Nature, Time, Man, Order

40

"I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him."

"I think of John every day. I do try to block it, but December 8th is not the only day I think of him."

Yoko Ono, American Artist

40

"And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter."

"And I have exposed myself to art so that my work has something beyond just the usual potter."

Beatrice Wood, American Artist

40

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