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"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

"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

5

"Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul."

"Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul."

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

5

"Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time."

"Usually I throw away what I don't get right the first time."

Kenneth Noland, American Artist

Time, First, Right

5

"I read some of my stories recently and thought, 'How in the hell did I get away with that?' I had some really raw cynicism in some of them."

"I read some of my stories recently and thought, 'How in the hell did I get away with that?' I had some really raw cynicism in some of them."

Carl Barks, American Artist

Thought, Cynicism, Hell

5

"One must act in painting as in life, directly."

"One must act in painting as in life, directly."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Creativity, Life, Act, Painting

5

"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

5

"I have been to several wars to draw. I went to Vietnam. And made drawings in Vietnam during that period of the war there, and found that to be a very very sad situation."

"I have been to several wars to draw. I went to Vietnam. And made drawings in Vietnam during that period of the war there, and found that to be a very very sad situation."

Gerald Scarfe, British Artist

5

"I suppose that every time there is difficulty. I remember about Space Mountain: It took us ten years before we found the technology that would allow such a ride. And during these ten years, I had a model that I kept, waiting for the technology we needed."

"I suppose that every time there is difficulty. I remember about Space Mountain: It took us ten years before we found the technology that would allow such a ride. And during these ten years, I had a model that I kept, waiting for the technology we needed."

John Hench, American Artist

Technology, Time, Difficulty, Space

5

"Walt's idea was that - as soon as the people who were dining got through their main course. They were supposed to all be seated, served at the same time, when they got into the dessert."

"Walt's idea was that - as soon as the people who were dining got through their main course. They were supposed to all be seated, served at the same time, when they got into the dessert."

John Hench, American Artist

Time, People, Idea

5

"When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems and thought it would increase the tensions."

"When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems and thought it would increase the tensions."

Mort Walker, American Artist

Thought, Problems, Stars

4

"The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with the characters, they have to visualize the process of concentration involved in making every move."

"The audience has to understand that if the film is going to have any meaning for them. If they are going to empathize with the characters, they have to visualize the process of concentration involved in making every move."

Conrad Hall, American Artist

4

"People have accepted the media's idea of what feminism is, but that doesn't mean that it's right or true or real. Feminism is not monolithic. Within feminism, there is an array of opinions."

"People have accepted the media's idea of what feminism is, but that doesn't mean that it's right or true or real. Feminism is not monolithic. Within feminism, there is an array of opinions."

Judy Chicago, American Artist

People, Idea, Feminism, Media

4

"I try to be a truthful artist and I try to show a level of courage. I enjoy that. I'm a messenger."

"I try to be a truthful artist and I try to show a level of courage. I enjoy that. I'm a messenger."

Jeff Koons, American Artist

4

"It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something other than paint, considering that one may not wake up the following morning."

"It seems to me madness to wake up in the morning and do something other than paint, considering that one may not wake up the following morning."

Frank Auerbach, German Artist

Creativity, Madness, May

4

"I made a lot of different experiments with tapes at that time, until I finally realized around 1995, that sound is an interesting subject for me. Ever since then sound got more and more integrated into my art works, musically as well as physically."

"I made a lot of different experiments with tapes at that time, until I finally realized around 1995, that sound is an interesting subject for me. Ever since then sound got more and more integrated into my art works, musically as well as physically."

Alva Noto, German Artist

Art, Time, Sound

4

"By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects."

"By drawing or exposing two or more patterns on the same bit of film I can create harmony and textual effects."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

4

"They've got this house style which is writer driven. I heard of one person who sent his script in, and Karen Berger said there weren't enough words in it. Put some more in."

"They've got this house style which is writer driven. I heard of one person who sent his script in, and Karen Berger said there weren't enough words in it. Put some more in."

Eddie Campbell, Scottish Artist

Style, Words, Writer

4

"I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums."

"I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums."

Edward Hopper, American Artist

4

"You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas."

"You shouldn't be a prisoner of your own ideas."

Sol LeWitt, American Artist

Creativity, Ideas

4

"I don't work from drawings. I don't make sketches and drawings and color sketches into a final painting."

"I don't work from drawings. I don't make sketches and drawings and color sketches into a final painting."

Jackson Pollock, American Artist

4

"In Modernism, reality used to validate media. In Postmodernism, the media validate reality. If you don't believe this, just think how many times you've described some real event as being 'just like a movie.'"

"In Modernism, reality used to validate media. In Postmodernism, the media validate reality. If you don't believe this, just think how many times you've described some real event as being 'just like a movie.'"

Brad Holland, American Artist

Being, Media, Reality

4

"It's funny because I think a lot of it is simply... We've never considered ourselves satirists, but because we're on Comedy Central and because we're South Park on Comedy Central, we can do any topic we want."

"It's funny because I think a lot of it is simply... We've never considered ourselves satirists, but because we're on Comedy Central and because we're South Park on Comedy Central, we can do any topic we want."

Trey Parker, American Artist

Fun, Funny, Comedy, Want

4

"Part of the joy of looking at art is getting in sync in some ways with the decision-making process that the artist used and the record that's embedded in the work."

"Part of the joy of looking at art is getting in sync in some ways with the decision-making process that the artist used and the record that's embedded in the work."

Chuck Close, American Artist

Art, Work, Decision

4

"When I got the phrase media whore thrown in my face last year, I thought, Oh my God, if you only knew."

"When I got the phrase media whore thrown in my face last year, I thought, Oh my God, if you only knew."

Tracey Emin, English Artist

God, Thought, Media

4

"Sometimes I really want to paint somebody and I don't get a photograph that I want to work from."

"Sometimes I really want to paint somebody and I don't get a photograph that I want to work from."

Chuck Close, American Artist

4

"Most people are good at too many things. And when you say someone is focused, more often than not what you actually mean is they're very narrow."

"Most people are good at too many things. And when you say someone is focused, more often than not what you actually mean is they're very narrow."

Chuck Close, American Artist

4

"There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before."

"There's that old adage about how there's only seven plots in the world and Shakespeare's done them all before."

Terri Windling, American Artist

Old, Shakespeare, World

4

"I encourage everyone to become their dream. Most young people get sidetracked and never end up doing what they really set out to do."

"I encourage everyone to become their dream. Most young people get sidetracked and never end up doing what they really set out to do."

James De La Vega, American Artist

People, Dream, End

4

"Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art."

"Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Art, Work, Spirit

4

"I think the work that they do and the style of 3D graphics is absolutely fabulous and I think it's a great brush to use for some stories. And there are other brushes that I think are exclusive to a different kind of story."

"I think the work that they do and the style of 3D graphics is absolutely fabulous and I think it's a great brush to use for some stories. And there are other brushes that I think are exclusive to a different kind of story."

Don Bluth, American Artist

4

"I have a book of buildings from 25,000 BC. These are huts built out of mammoth bones. These buildings were beautifully made, from the bones of the body into shelter."

"I have a book of buildings from 25,000 BC. These are huts built out of mammoth bones. These buildings were beautifully made, from the bones of the body into shelter."

Ben Nicholson, British Artist

4

"I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty."

"I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty."

Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist

4

"I am isolated as an artist, not as a person."

"I am isolated as an artist, not as a person."

Howard Hodgkin, British Artist

4

"In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time."

"In rivers, the water that you touch is the last of what has passed and the first of that which comes; so with present time."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Time, First, Present, Rivers

4

"When I came from horizontal vertical straight all old stuff then suddenly I go also again in curved lines. And there I submit to changes in the intensity of my hand leading a tool, you see."

"When I came from horizontal vertical straight all old stuff then suddenly I go also again in curved lines. And there I submit to changes in the intensity of my hand leading a tool, you see."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Art, Leading, Old

4

"Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors."

"Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

4

"If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master."

"If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

4

"I moved further and further away from mass entertainment. The sexual element became increasingly sinister and bizarre. Don't blame me! The bastards drove me to it! They all backed off after that!"

"I moved further and further away from mass entertainment. The sexual element became increasingly sinister and bizarre. Don't blame me! The bastards drove me to it! They all backed off after that!"

Robert Crumb, American Artist

Expression, Bizarre, Blame, Entertainment

4

"My only objective is to paint a Christ so moving that those who see him will be converted."

"My only objective is to paint a Christ so moving that those who see him will be converted."

Georges Rouault, French Artist

Christian, Christ, Will

4

"The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul."

"The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul."

Wassily Kandinsky, Russian Artist

4

"But slowly I began to use cameras and then think about what it was that was going on. It took me a long time, I mean I actually played with cameras and photography for about 20 years."

"But slowly I began to use cameras and then think about what it was that was going on. It took me a long time, I mean I actually played with cameras and photography for about 20 years."

David Hockney, English Artist

Time, Photography, Years

4

"Even in China. Children there, next to the Great Wall, who had never seen Mickey Mouse responded. So the studio did have that skill to communicate with images."

"Even in China. Children there, next to the Great Wall, who had never seen Mickey Mouse responded. So the studio did have that skill to communicate with images."

John Hench, American Artist

Family, Children, Mouse, Skill

4

"All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow."

"All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow."

Grant Wood, American Artist

Creativity, Ideas

4

"I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters."

"I saw Tequila Sunrise as a romantic picture with complex, bigger than life characters."

Conrad Hall, American Artist

4

"Yes, because when you're in love, you are shy."

"Yes, because when you're in love, you are shy."

Beatrice Wood, American Artist

4

"You are not going to get peace with millions of armed men. The chariot of peace cannot advance over a road littered with cannon."

"You are not going to get peace with millions of armed men. The chariot of peace cannot advance over a road littered with cannon."

David Lloyd, British Artist

Peace, Men, Road

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