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"A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world."

"A work of art when placed in a gallery loses its charge, and becomes a portable object or surface disengaged from the outside world."

Robert Smithson, American Artist

Art, Work, World

13

"Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway."

"Immortality is really desirable, I guess. In terms of images, anyway."

Damien Hirst, British Artist

13

"For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations."

"For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

Nature, Sensations

13

"I love to study the many things that grow below the corn stalks and bring them back to the studio to study the color. If one could only catch that true color of nature - the very thought of it drives me mad."

"I love to study the many things that grow below the corn stalks and bring them back to the studio to study the color. If one could only catch that true color of nature - the very thought of it drives me mad."

Andrew Wyeth, American Artist

Love, Nature, Thought, Study

13

"I knew the wild riders and the vacant land were about to vanish forever... and the more I considered the subject, the bigger the forever loomed. Without knowing how to do it, I began to record some facts around me, and the more I looked the more the panorama unfolded."

"I knew the wild riders and the vacant land were about to vanish forever... and the more I considered the subject, the bigger the forever loomed. Without knowing how to do it, I began to record some facts around me, and the more I looked the more the panorama unfolded."

Frederic Remington, American Artist

Fact, Facts, Land

13

"Alan was always interested in politics in a major way. He actually believes that anarchy is a politically viable system, but I don't. I was always interested in putting forward the ideas that represented my viewpoint. I feel the same about anything I'm doing."

"Alan was always interested in politics in a major way. He actually believes that anarchy is a politically viable system, but I don't. I was always interested in putting forward the ideas that represented my viewpoint. I feel the same about anything I'm doing."

David Lloyd, British Artist

Politics, Ideas, Anarchy

13

"Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add."

"Cover the canvas at the first go, then work at it until you see nothing more to add."

Camille Pissarro, French Artist

Work, First, Nothing

13

"Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven."

"Death and love are the two wings that bear the good man to heaven."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

Love, Death, Heaven, Man

13

"Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery."

"Being born is like being kidnapped. And then sold into slavery."

Andy Warhol, American Artist

13

"Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them."

"Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them."

Paul Gauguin, French Artist

Life, Virtue, Evil, Meaning

13

"Faith in oneself is the best and safest course."

"Faith in oneself is the best and safest course."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

13

"It's discouraging for me to come out there and watch the lack of fan support for a good team."

"It's discouraging for me to come out there and watch the lack of fan support for a good team."

Jerry West, American Artist

13

"No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination."

"No amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination."

Edward Hopper, American Artist

Imagination, Invention

13

"It is impossible for emotion not to come on us in thinking of that time now flowed away."

"It is impossible for emotion not to come on us in thinking of that time now flowed away."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

Time, Emotion, Now, Thinking

13

"My illustrious lordship, I'll show you what a woman can do."

"My illustrious lordship, I'll show you what a woman can do."

Artemisia Gentileschi, Italian Artist

13

"To me, sex is sex and I don't think it is or should be a problem. Maybe my presenting it that way will unscrew up a few heads out there, including my own."

"To me, sex is sex and I don't think it is or should be a problem. Maybe my presenting it that way will unscrew up a few heads out there, including my own."

Jaime Hernandez, American Artist

13

"Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?"

"Is art really the priesthood that demands the pure in heart who belong to it wholly?"

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

13

"I guess I just don't like being physically in front of people I don't know very well, because I expect to be "seen through," or, even worse, instantly hated."

"I guess I just don't like being physically in front of people I don't know very well, because I expect to be "seen through," or, even worse, instantly hated."

Chris Ware, American Artist

13

"Throughout the time in which I am working on a canvas I can feel how I am beginning to love it, with that love which is born of slow comprehension."

"Throughout the time in which I am working on a canvas I can feel how I am beginning to love it, with that love which is born of slow comprehension."

Joan Miro, Spanish Artist

Love, Time, Beginning

13

"Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don't really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don't think you could do this."

"Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don't really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don't think you could do this."

Roy Lichtenstein, American Artist

13

"Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even my cartoons of Picasso were done almost to rid myself of his influence."

"Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even my cartoons of Picasso were done almost to rid myself of his influence."

Roy Lichtenstein, American Artist

Thought, Cartoons, Influence

13

"I'll let you in on a secret: I can't stand Jay Ward. I hate being compared to Rocky and Bullwinkle. It's just a different style of humor."

"I'll let you in on a secret: I can't stand Jay Ward. I hate being compared to Rocky and Bullwinkle. It's just a different style of humor."

John Kricfalusi, Canadian Artist

Humor, Being, Hate, Style

13

"If we have a great idea, we'll go, 'Oh, this could be a cool movie.' Or really for us, it's more like, 'Oh, this is a really bad idea. Let's do this. This seems really stupid.'"

"If we have a great idea, we'll go, 'Oh, this could be a cool movie.' Or really for us, it's more like, 'Oh, this is a really bad idea. Let's do this. This seems really stupid.'"

Trey Parker, American Artist

Creativity, Idea

13

"My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm!"

"My father realised that for me to become a publisher in his firm would have been the end of the firm!"

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

Family, Father, End

13

"I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity."

"I want people to be drawn into the space of the work. And a lot of people are like me in that they have relatively short attention spans. So I shoot for the window of opportunity."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

Work, People, Opportunity, Attention

13

"I'm not really sure what social message my art carries, if any. And I don't really want it to carry one. I'm not interested in the subject matter to try to teach society anything, or to try to better our world in any way."

"I'm not really sure what social message my art carries, if any. And I don't really want it to carry one. I'm not interested in the subject matter to try to teach society anything, or to try to better our world in any way."

Roy Lichtenstein, American Artist

Art, Society, Want, World

13

"There is something magical in seeing what you can do, what texture and tone and colour you can produce merely with a pen point and a bottle of ink."

"There is something magical in seeing what you can do, what texture and tone and colour you can produce merely with a pen point and a bottle of ink."

Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Australian Artist

Transformation, Pen

13

"Unless you're involved with thinking about what you're doing, you end up doing the same thing over and over, and that becomes tedious and, in the end, defeating."

"Unless you're involved with thinking about what you're doing, you end up doing the same thing over and over, and that becomes tedious and, in the end, defeating."

Sol LeWitt, American Artist

Exploration, End, Thinking

13

"Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's still about respecting the story."

"Do the story in the way it really demands to be done, which may mean using several different styles or only one style; but it's still about respecting the story."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

Adaptation, May, Style

13

"One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link."

"One does not substitute oneself for the past, one merely adds to it a new link."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

13

"Do not be troubled for a language, cultivate your soul and she will show herself."

"Do not be troubled for a language, cultivate your soul and she will show herself."

Eugene Delacroix, French Artist

Soul, Language, Will

13

"A tree is an incomprehensible mystery."

"A tree is an incomprehensible mystery."

Jim Woodring, American Artist

Discrimination, Mystery

13

"We grow small trying to be great."

"We grow small trying to be great."

David Hockney, English Artist

Philosophy, Trying

13

"Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away."

"Good composition is like a suspension bridge - each line adds strength and takes none away."

Robert Henri, American Artist

13

"Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up."

"Over and over I'm on the point of giving it up."

Beatrice Wood, American Artist

Writing, Giving

13

"I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means. If it means what I think it does, then I don't do it. I'm not crazy about categories."

"I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means. If it means what I think it does, then I don't do it. I'm not crazy about categories."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

13

"Beauty is as relative as light and dark. Thus, there exists no beautiful woman, none at all, because you are never certain that a still far more beautiful woman will not appear and completely shame the supposed beauty of the first."

"Beauty is as relative as light and dark. Thus, there exists no beautiful woman, none at all, because you are never certain that a still far more beautiful woman will not appear and completely shame the supposed beauty of the first."

Paul Klee, Swiss Artist

Beauty, First, Light, Shame

13

"I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made for a marriage of love. I will give all my soul to prove this once more."

"I adore the theater and I am a painter. I think the two are made for a marriage of love. I will give all my soul to prove this once more."

Marc Chagall, French Artist

Marriage, Love, Soul, Theater

13

"Well, I am not interested in the kind of expression that you have when you paint a painting with brush strokes. It's all right, but it's already done and I want to do something new."

"Well, I am not interested in the kind of expression that you have when you paint a painting with brush strokes. It's all right, but it's already done and I want to do something new."

Donald Judd, American Artist

Expression, Painting, Right, Want

13

"First, there was 2 Stupid Dogs. Then, Dexter's Laboratory. And now, Powerpuff Girls. There were a lot of little things in between, but those were the main ones."

"First, there was 2 Stupid Dogs. Then, Dexter's Laboratory. And now, Powerpuff Girls. There were a lot of little things in between, but those were the main ones."

Craig McCracken, American Artist

Dogs, First, Girls, Now

13

"If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet."

"If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet."

Brad Holland, American Artist

Career, Careers, Painting, Today

13

"I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect."

"I acknowledge the privilege of being alive in a human body at this moment, endowed with senses, memories, emotions, thoughts, and the space of mind in its wisdom aspect."

Alex Grey, American Artist

Wisdom, Thoughts, Being, Body

13

"The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face."

"The older you get the stronger the wind gets - and it's always in your face."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

13

"Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet."

"Fantasy love is much better than reality love. Never doing it is very exciting. The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet."

Andy Warhol, American Artist

Love, Fantasy, Opposites, Reality

13

"The sizes and shapes of the panels have never been important to my stories. It has always been the words and images that drew me in, kind of like watching a movie."

"The sizes and shapes of the panels have never been important to my stories. It has always been the words and images that drew me in, kind of like watching a movie."

Jaime Hernandez, American Artist

Creativity, Words

13

"If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as your shirt."

"If you want to have clean ideas, change them as often as your shirt."

Francis Picabia, French Artist

Change, Ideas, Want

13

"Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form."

"Autobiography begins with a sense of being alone. It is an orphan form."

John Berger, English Artist

Autobiography, Being, Sense

13

"When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of expression, every interview of the soul may become art. This is contingent upon mastery of the medium."

"When the impulses which stir us to profound emotion are integrated with the medium of expression, every interview of the soul may become art. This is contingent upon mastery of the medium."

Hans Hofmann, German Artist

Art, Soul, Emotion, Expression

13

"The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the 'genius' of the personage, the greater the profit."

"The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the 'genius' of the personage, the greater the profit."

George Grosz, German Artist

Business, Individuality, Personality, Poets

13

"Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don't."

"Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don't."

Brad Holland, American Artist

Art, Cliches, Propaganda

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