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"One does not set out with the idea that I've just had a great idea and now I'm going to go and carry it out. Almost all art that's made like that doesn't go anywhere."

"One does not set out with the idea that I've just had a great idea and now I'm going to go and carry it out. Almost all art that's made like that doesn't go anywhere."

Anish Kapoor, Indian Artist

14

"There is nothing we can't do. So it's just the fact that we're doing topics like that that other people, especially network TV, won't touch, that we're satirists."

"There is nothing we can't do. So it's just the fact that we're doing topics like that that other people, especially network TV, won't touch, that we're satirists."

Trey Parker, American Artist

People, Fact, Network, Nothing

14

"The first snowball I froze was put in my mother's deep freeze when I was in my early 20s."

"The first snowball I froze was put in my mother's deep freeze when I was in my early 20s."

Andy Goldsworthy, British Artist

Family, Mother, Deep, First

14

"The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history."

"The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history."

Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist

History, Time, Job

14

"I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement of this vision by the work itself as it proceeds."

"I find in working always the disturbing intrusion of elements not a part of my most interested vision, and the inevitable obliteration and replacement of this vision by the work itself as it proceeds."

Edward Hopper, American Artist

14

"Anyway, it fell through because they ran out of money. That was when I learned not to waste your time getting your hopes up or to believe something until it actually happens. We broke up for various reasons, but it was a good band. Jim and Don produced some magical music."

"Anyway, it fell through because they ran out of money. That was when I learned not to waste your time getting your hopes up or to believe something until it actually happens. We broke up for various reasons, but it was a good band. Jim and Don produced some magical music."

Jamie Muir, British Artist

Music, Time, Money, Waste

14

"There's about 260 rooms in the new castle which you go through, but it's all about the game play."

"There's about 260 rooms in the new castle which you go through, but it's all about the game play."

Don Bluth, American Artist

14

"People also leave presence in a place even when they are no longer there."

"People also leave presence in a place even when they are no longer there."

Andy Goldsworthy, British Artist

14

"Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects."

"Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects."

Hans Hofmann, German Artist

14

"Unless one says goodbye to what one loves, and unless one travels to completely new territories, one can expect merely a long wearing away of oneself and an eventual extinction."

"Unless one says goodbye to what one loves, and unless one travels to completely new territories, one can expect merely a long wearing away of oneself and an eventual extinction."

Jean Dubuffet, French Artist

Personal, Goodbye

14

"Then the war became a real problem and along with other shortages, they started to have paper problems."

"Then the war became a real problem and along with other shortages, they started to have paper problems."

Gil Kane, American Artist

14

"Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired."

"Beauty, like truth, is relative to the time when one lives and to the individual who can grasp it. The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired."

Gustave Courbet, French Artist

Beauty, Power, Time, Truth

14

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Creativity, Art, Life, Purpose

14

"It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait."

"It takes a long time for a man to look like his portrait."

James Whistler, American Artist

14

"Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see."

"Optics, developing in us through study, teach us to see."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

Observation, Study

14

"In the time honored tradition of email, just ignore the question."

"In the time honored tradition of email, just ignore the question."

John Dobbin, American Artist

Time, Question, Tradition

14

"I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare."

"I surrendered to a world of my imagination, reenacting all those wonderful tales my father would read aloud to me. I became a very active reader, especially history and Shakespeare."

Andrew Wyeth, American Artist

History, Imagination, Father, Shakespeare

14

"I feel there is something unexplored about woman that only a woman can explore."

"I feel there is something unexplored about woman that only a woman can explore."

Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist

14

"I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80."

"I hope I'm still shooting when I'm 80."

Conrad Hall, American Artist

14

"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

14

"The animation of the canvas is one of the hardest problems of painting."

"The animation of the canvas is one of the hardest problems of painting."

Alfred Sisley, British Artist

Art, Animation, Painting, Problems

14

"I cannot explain why they made that sequel to Secret of NIMH. Because they claim that it the original didn't make money, so what was the enthusiasm to make a sequel?"

"I cannot explain why they made that sequel to Secret of NIMH. Because they claim that it the original didn't make money, so what was the enthusiasm to make a sequel?"

Don Bluth, American Artist

Money, Enthusiasm

14

"I go to make art as who I am as a person. The fact that I am a woman comes into play maybe in the kinds of things I'm interested in or in the way I structure a canvas."

"I go to make art as who I am as a person. The fact that I am a woman comes into play maybe in the kinds of things I'm interested in or in the way I structure a canvas."

Judy Chicago, American Artist

Art, Fact, Play, Woman

14

"I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place."

"I wanted to translate from one flat surface to another. In fact, my learning disabilities controlled a lot of things. I don't recognize faces, so I'm sure it's what drove me to portraits in the first place."

Chuck Close, American Artist

Portrait, Faces, Fact, First, Learning

14

"The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art."

"The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art."

Paul Klee, Swiss Artist

Art, Science, Concern, State

14

"I had always loved expressionist painting, like every European. In fact I admired it all the more because these were precisely the paintings despised by my father's generation."

"I had always loved expressionist painting, like every European. In fact I admired it all the more because these were precisely the paintings despised by my father's generation."

Georg Baselitz, German Artist

Family, Father, Fact, Painting

14

"I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it."

"I look back on my life like a good day's work, it was done and I am satisfied with it."

Grandma Moses, American Artist

Life, Work, Day

14

"For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States."

"For a while I felt very alone; sort of out there in the world of comics, especially here in the States."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

Reading, States, World

14

"My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me."

"My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

14

"Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible."

"Painting is the passage from the chaos of the emotions to the order of the possible."

Balthus, French Artist

Chaos, Emotions, Order, Painting

14

"Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light."

"Death is pitch-dark, but colors are light. To be a painter, one must work with rays of light."

Edvard Munch, Norwegian Artist

Death, Work, Colors, Light

14

"I did about 2000 covers altogether, for all sorts of books - from Shakespeare to James Bond - and I always had the idea that I must give 100%, no matter who the author was."

"I did about 2000 covers altogether, for all sorts of books - from Shakespeare to James Bond - and I always had the idea that I must give 100%, no matter who the author was."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Creativity, Idea, Books, Shakespeare

14

"When the war was over and the guys were back to shaving every day, the editor thought the Beetle Bailey strips were hurting their disciplinary efforts to get the guys back to routine."

"When the war was over and the guys were back to shaving every day, the editor thought the Beetle Bailey strips were hurting their disciplinary efforts to get the guys back to routine."

Mort Walker, American Artist

War, Thought, Day, Routine

14

"What you want to do is, you want to get away from people being afraid to show their work, which is the first thing, because they don't want to be shot down."

"What you want to do is, you want to get away from people being afraid to show their work, which is the first thing, because they don't want to be shot down."

Dennis Muren, American Artist

Work, People, Being, First

14

"If the picture needs varnishing later, I allow a restorer to do that, if there's any restoring necessary."

"If the picture needs varnishing later, I allow a restorer to do that, if there's any restoring necessary."

Edward Hopper, American Artist

14

"I destroy things every day in the act of working and often recall a picture I had considered finished in order to rework it."

"I destroy things every day in the act of working and often recall a picture I had considered finished in order to rework it."

Frank Auerbach, German Artist

Act, Day, Order

14

"Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world."

"Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world."

Edward Hopper, American Artist

Life, Art, Vision

14

"A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic."

"A rich poet from Harvard has no sense in his mind, except the aesthetic."

Beatrice Wood, American Artist

14

"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

14

"I have a picture of an ideal consciousness."

"I have a picture of an ideal consciousness."

Henry Flynt, American Artist

14

"Man's striving for order, of which art is but one manifestation, derives from a similar universal tendency throughout the organic world; it is also paralleled by, and perhaps derived from, the striving towards the state of simplest structure in physical systems."

"Man's striving for order, of which art is but one manifestation, derives from a similar universal tendency throughout the organic world; it is also paralleled by, and perhaps derived from, the striving towards the state of simplest structure in physical systems."

Rudolf Arnheim, German Artist

Art, Man, Order, State

14

"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

14

"Our society's need for escapism has always interested me."

"Our society's need for escapism has always interested me."

David Lloyd, British Artist

Society, Escapism

14

"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding."

"The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Joy, Pleasure, Understanding

14

"What can I say about the First World War, a war in which I served as an infantryman, a war I hated at the start and to which I never warmed as it proceeded?"

"What can I say about the First World War, a war in which I served as an infantryman, a war I hated at the start and to which I never warmed as it proceeded?"

George Grosz, German Artist

War, First, World, Worldwar

14

"There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives."

"There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

Movies, Music, Influence, Moments

14

"I think I feel automatically at home in Italy."

"I think I feel automatically at home in Italy."

Boyd Rice, American Artist

14

"Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist."

"Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist."

Rene Magritte, Belgian Artist

Art, Mystery, World

14

"You will have to experiment and try things out for yourself and you will not be sure of what you are doing. That's all right, you are feeling your way into the thing."

"You will have to experiment and try things out for yourself and you will not be sure of what you are doing. That's all right, you are feeling your way into the thing."

Emily Carr, Canadian Artist

Emotional, Feeling, Right, Will

14

"I don't do drugs. I am drugs."

"I don't do drugs. I am drugs."

Salvador Dali, Spanish Artist

Creativity, Drugs

14

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