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"From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born."

"From such a gentle thing, from such a fountain of all delight, my every pain is born."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

179

"In the final analysis, a drawing simply is no longer a drawing, no matter how self-sufficient its execution may be. It is a symbol, and the more profoundly the imaginary lines of projection meet higher dimensions, the better."

"In the final analysis, a drawing simply is no longer a drawing, no matter how self-sufficient its execution may be. It is a symbol, and the more profoundly the imaginary lines of projection meet higher dimensions, the better."

Paul Klee, Swiss Artist

Art, Execution, May, Self, Symbol

178

"People think our work is monumental because it's art, but human beings do much bigger things: they build giant airports, highways for thousands of miles, much, much bigger than what we create."

"People think our work is monumental because it's art, but human beings do much bigger things: they build giant airports, highways for thousands of miles, much, much bigger than what we create."

Christo, Bulgarian Artist

Work, Art, People

178

"We wish to work in total freedom."

"We wish to work in total freedom."

Christo, Bulgarian Artist

178

"It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning."

"It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning."

Salvador Dali, Spanish Artist

Power, First, Taste

177

"Our work is a scream of freedom."

"Our work is a scream of freedom."

Christo, Bulgarian Artist

177

"It's pretty hard to measure influence of written or visual material."

"It's pretty hard to measure influence of written or visual material."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

Influence, Measure, Pretty

176

"I find that acrylics dry very fast - which is supposed to be its charm; however, I find that because of that quality they don't blend as nicely as the oils. The oils, for one thing, are softer and more flexible than the acrylics. Also, the colors are brighter with oils."

"I find that acrylics dry very fast - which is supposed to be its charm; however, I find that because of that quality they don't blend as nicely as the oils. The oils, for one thing, are softer and more flexible than the acrylics. Also, the colors are brighter with oils."

Boris Vallejo, Peruvian Artist

Quality, Charm, Colors

173

"It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go anywhere. I can read it after I've been there and by the same logic I refuse to accept any technical stunts from anybody. I refused to learn more than I knew and I confess I missed a great deal."

"It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go anywhere. I can read it after I've been there and by the same logic I refuse to accept any technical stunts from anybody. I refused to learn more than I knew and I confess I missed a great deal."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

Cultural, Logic

171

"The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn't have a penny. It was in the middle of the depression, you know. I couldn't get as far as Hoboken at that time."

"The time when I had desire to go to the United States I didn't have a penny. It was in the middle of the depression, you know. I couldn't get as far as Hoboken at that time."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

Time, Depression, Desire, States

170

"I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography."

"I feel, having the choices I had, I felt I had more control over my own medium than I did over photography."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

Control, Choices, Photography

170

"I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is."

"I don't listen to what art critics say. I don't know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is."

Jean-Michel Basquiat, American Artist

170

"I want to cultivate the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown."

"I want to cultivate the seed that was placed in me until the last small twig has grown."

Kathe Kollwitz, German Artist

170

"You can't do a machine without knowing something about how it's going to work. As for the romantics, the costumes bored me and I don't enjoy doing period clothes."

"You can't do a machine without knowing something about how it's going to work. As for the romantics, the costumes bored me and I don't enjoy doing period clothes."

Boris Vallejo, Peruvian Artist

Work, Clothes, Machine

170

"In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing."

"In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing."

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

Action, Discouragement, Will

168

"You can not do what you want to do unless you know the correct technique. The only other way you can learn how to do it is by doing it yourself, which would take twice as long than if you went to school."

"You can not do what you want to do unless you know the correct technique. The only other way you can learn how to do it is by doing it yourself, which would take twice as long than if you went to school."

Boris Vallejo, Peruvian Artist

167

"I felt very strongly the whole social impact of that depression, you know, and I felt very strongly about the efforts that this Resettlement Administration was trying to accomplish; resettling people, helping them, and so on."

"I felt very strongly the whole social impact of that depression, you know, and I felt very strongly about the efforts that this Resettlement Administration was trying to accomplish; resettling people, helping them, and so on."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

People, Depression, Trying

167

"Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death."

"Between my head and my hand, there is always the face of death."

Francis Picabia, French Artist

166

"People don't remember. Revenge is sweet."

"People don't remember. Revenge is sweet."

Tracey Emin, English Artist

People, Revenge

166

"I didn't care where my works were published."

"I didn't care where my works were published."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

165

"When a man returned from the field and we'd look at the work, we'd criticize each other very genuinely and never offensively. And we would avoid all tricks, angle shots were just horrible to us."

"When a man returned from the field and we'd look at the work, we'd criticize each other very genuinely and never offensively. And we would avoid all tricks, angle shots were just horrible to us."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

165

"I think I'd like to contribute to society in some way. I don't know what that might be. Right now, I just sort of give bums money on the street."

"I think I'd like to contribute to society in some way. I don't know what that might be. Right now, I just sort of give bums money on the street."

Isabelle Kuprin, Russian Artist

Money, Society, Now, Right

161

"Now, to describe the process of the Wrapped Reichstag, which went from 1971 to '95, there is an entire book about that, because each one of our projects has its own book. The book is not an art book, meaning it's not written by an art historian."

"Now, to describe the process of the Wrapped Reichstag, which went from 1971 to '95, there is an entire book about that, because each one of our projects has its own book. The book is not an art book, meaning it's not written by an art historian."

Christo, Bulgarian Artist

Art, Meaning, Now, Projects

159

"It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which would provide a suitable architectural frame for it."

"It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which would provide a suitable architectural frame for it."

Edvard Munch, Norwegian Artist

Preparation, Intention

157

"It is not only one person's work, it's really a partnership and collaboration during all these years."

"It is not only one person's work, it's really a partnership and collaboration during all these years."

Christo, Bulgarian Artist

Work, Collaboration, Partnership, Years

157

"Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is."

"Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is."

Henri Matisse, French Artist

Time, Work, Values

155

"I confess that Roy was a little bit dictatorial in his editing and he ruined quite a number of my pictures, which he stopped doing later. He used to punch a hole through a negative. Some of them were incredibly valuable. He didn't understand at the time."

"I confess that Roy was a little bit dictatorial in his editing and he ruined quite a number of my pictures, which he stopped doing later. He used to punch a hole through a negative. Some of them were incredibly valuable. He didn't understand at the time."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

155

"Therefore, when we arrive in a place and talk to new people about a new image, it is very hard for them to visualize it. That's where the drawings are very important, because at least we can show a projection of what we believe it will look like."

"Therefore, when we arrive in a place and talk to new people about a new image, it is very hard for them to visualize it. That's where the drawings are very important, because at least we can show a projection of what we believe it will look like."

Christo, Bulgarian Artist

People, Talk, Will

153

"I was primarily interested in people, and people in action, so that I did nothing photographically in the sense of doing buildings for their own sake or a still life or anything like that."

"I was primarily interested in people, and people in action, so that I did nothing photographically in the sense of doing buildings for their own sake or a still life or anything like that."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

Life, People, Action, Nothing

147

"If some of our works are symphonies, then wrapped walkways was chamber music."

"If some of our works are symphonies, then wrapped walkways was chamber music."

Christo, Bulgarian Artist

146

"I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people."

"I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people."

Jean-Michel Basquiat, American Artist

Money, People, Drugs

145

"Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers."

"Science is the captain, and practice the soldiers."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Knowledge, Science, Practice, Learning, Discipline

143

"We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it."

"We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

141

"And I think a painting has such a limited life anyway."

"And I think a painting has such a limited life anyway."

Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist

138

"Painting is sometimes like those recipes where you do all manner of elaborate things to a duck, and then end up putting it on one side and only using the skin."

"Painting is sometimes like those recipes where you do all manner of elaborate things to a duck, and then end up putting it on one side and only using the skin."

Lucian Freud, British Artist

Art, End, Painting, Skin

135

"I was a beginner again. I practiced hard and used to listen very closely to recordings of American jazz drummers such as Tony Williams and Kenny Clarke."

"I was a beginner again. I practiced hard and used to listen very closely to recordings of American jazz drummers such as Tony Williams and Kenny Clarke."

Jamie Muir, British Artist

130

"The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself."

"The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

Art, Personality

129

"And then I think they asked me to work on Wish You Were Here, which was the next album coming up. And I didn't do anything for a long time. I had other projects, and I didn't get around to doing anything for a bit."

"And then I think they asked me to work on Wish You Were Here, which was the next album coming up. And I didn't do anything for a long time. I had other projects, and I didn't get around to doing anything for a bit."

Gerald Scarfe, British Artist

Work, Time, Projects

128

"Art is too serious to be taken seriously."

"Art is too serious to be taken seriously."

Ad Reinhardt, American Artist

122

"There have been many different artists that have been inspirational. I suppose the question is directed to what was the reason why I went into fantasy illustration."

"There have been many different artists that have been inspirational. I suppose the question is directed to what was the reason why I went into fantasy illustration."

Boris Vallejo, Peruvian Artist

Inspirational, Artists, Fantasy, Question

121

"The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves."

"The attitude that nature is chaotic and that the artist puts order into it is a very absurd point of view, I think. All that we can hope for is to put some order into ourselves."

Willem de Kooning, American Artist

Attitude, Nature, Hope

119

"You can do anything with beer that you can do with wine. Beer is great for basting or marinating meat and fish."

"You can do anything with beer that you can do with wine. Beer is great for basting or marinating meat and fish."

Grant Wood, American Artist

Food, Beer, Fish, Wine

118

"You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning is attached to every line. You must be most particular about detail and proportion."

"You must be absolutely honest and true in the depicting of a totem for meaning is attached to every line. You must be most particular about detail and proportion."

Emily Carr, Canadian Artist

Detail, Meaning

114

"Light in Nature creates the movement of colors."

"Light in Nature creates the movement of colors."

Robert Delaunay, French Artist

Nature, Colors, Light

114

"Art is vice. You don't marry it legitimately, you rape it."

"Art is vice. You don't marry it legitimately, you rape it."

Edgar Degas, French Artist

111

"One doesn't make art for other people, even though I am very concerned with the viewer."

"One doesn't make art for other people, even though I am very concerned with the viewer."

Anish Kapoor, Indian Artist

108

"The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why our blood is red."

"The reason why the stone is red is its iron content, which is also why our blood is red."

Andy Goldsworthy, British Artist

Blood, Content, Reason

107

"In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized."

"In a society that tries to standardize thinking, individuality is not highly prized."

Alex Grey, American Artist

Society, Individuality, Thinking

105

"An audience can really lift you right up off the stage."

"An audience can really lift you right up off the stage."

Don Van Vliet, American Artist

Entertainment, Right

101

"Those early sketches looked too cartoony; I really wanted to do detailed drawings - I was taking anatomy classes - but unfortunately I wasn't able to do it because of the time element."

"Those early sketches looked too cartoony; I really wanted to do detailed drawings - I was taking anatomy classes - but unfortunately I wasn't able to do it because of the time element."

Joe Shuster, Canadian Artist

101

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