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"Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it."

"Only thought can resemble. It resembles by being what it sees, hears, or knows; it becomes what the world offers it."

Rene Magritte, Belgian Artist

Thought, Being, World

35

"Every act of creation is first an act of destruction."

"Every act of creation is first an act of destruction."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Creativity, Act, Creation, Destruction, First

35

"Nature does not proceed in a straight line, it is rather a sprawling development."

"Nature does not proceed in a straight line, it is rather a sprawling development."

Robert Smithson, American Artist

Nature, Development

35

"Buying books was a way anyone could acquire a work of art for very little."

"Buying books was a way anyone could acquire a work of art for very little."

Sol LeWitt, American Artist

Art, Work, Books, Buying

35

"Painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the representation of real and existing things."

"Painting is an essentially concrete art and can only consist of the representation of real and existing things."

Gustave Courbet, French Artist

35

"All artists are now free to express their own personality."

"All artists are now free to express their own personality."

Maurice Denis, French Artist

Writing, Artists, Now, Personality

35

"My works are an imitation of my own past and present."

"My works are an imitation of my own past and present."

Barbara Hepworth, English Artist

Creation, Imitation, Past, Present

35

"I began composing works which were imitative of the music I was being told about. I was also very interested in translating the music into visual terms."

"I began composing works which were imitative of the music I was being told about. I was also very interested in translating the music into visual terms."

Henry Flynt, American Artist

35

"Life with another person is always difficult."

"Life with another person is always difficult."

Yoko Ono, American Artist

35

"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

35

"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

35

"To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the lookout for what has never been."

"To be a surrealist means barring from your mind all remembrance of what you have seen, and being always on the lookout for what has never been."

Rene Magritte, Belgian Artist

Being, Mind, Remembrance

35

"I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format."

"I want a nice picture book with 12 pictures - I do my best with that format."

Dick Bruna, Dutch Artist

35

"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

35

"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

35

"My friends tend to be writers. I think writers and painters are really all the same-we just sit in our rooms."

"My friends tend to be writers. I think writers and painters are really all the same-we just sit in our rooms."

Howard Hodgkin, British Artist

Friendship, Friends, Writers

35

"I've never understood why artists, who so often condescend to the cliches of their own culture, are so eager to embrace the cliches of cultures they know nothing about."

"I've never understood why artists, who so often condescend to the cliches of their own culture, are so eager to embrace the cliches of cultures they know nothing about."

Brad Holland, American Artist

Artist, Artists, Cliches, Culture, Nothing

35

"All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!"

"All my concerts had no sounds in them; they were completely silent. People had to make up their own music in their minds!"

Yoko Ono, American Artist

35

"One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded."

"One does not lash hat lies at a distance. The foibles that we ridicule must at least be a little bit our own. Only then will the work be a part of our own flesh. The garden must be weeded."

Paul Klee, Swiss Artist

Work, Garden, Lies, Ridicule

35

"I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea."

"I often find that having an idea in my head prevents me from doing something else. Working is therefore a way of getting rid of an idea."

Jasper Johns, American Artist

Creativity, Idea

35

"Mickey is one of the prime examples: Mickey has never been suspected of being an American export. It was deja vu. They gave him a local name and he's been accepted everywhere he goes."

"Mickey is one of the prime examples: Mickey has never been suspected of being an American export. It was deja vu. They gave him a local name and he's been accepted everywhere he goes."

John Hench, American Artist

Nationality, Being, Name

35

"Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time."

"Observe that it is a great error to believe that all mediums of art are not closely tied to their time."

Camille Pissarro, French Artist

Art, Time, Error

35

"We have, essentially, a worthless democracy."

"We have, essentially, a worthless democracy."

Aaron McGruder, American Artist

35

"Show your bluebell passion with every step you take. Infuse your corporeal mind, body and spirit with atomic sense of urgency, purpose and apple juice."

"Show your bluebell passion with every step you take. Infuse your corporeal mind, body and spirit with atomic sense of urgency, purpose and apple juice."

Isabel Yosito, American Artist

Purpose, Body, Mind, Passion

35

"I think Kandinsky and I were very near friends."

"I think Kandinsky and I were very near friends."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Friendship, Friends

35

"By March '87 we're down to seven thousand, by the end of the year we're down to twelve hundred. The whole bottom just fell out of the market. It was bad for me because I was in Australia at the time."

"By March '87 we're down to seven thousand, by the end of the year we're down to twelve hundred. The whole bottom just fell out of the market. It was bad for me because I was in Australia at the time."

Eddie Campbell, Scottish Artist

Time, End, March

35

"Once you 'got' Pop, you could never see a sign again the same way again. And once you thought Pop, you could never see America the same way again."

"Once you 'got' Pop, you could never see a sign again the same way again. And once you thought Pop, you could never see America the same way again."

Andy Warhol, American Artist

Thought, America

35

"Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs."

"Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Love, Art, Beauty, Instinct

35

"Work grows out of other work, and there are very few eureka moments."

"Work grows out of other work, and there are very few eureka moments."

Anish Kapoor, Indian Artist

35

"The only one that seems to be able to hold the business is Disney. They do it is because they have a fabulous philosophy about marketing- but even they wavered."

"The only one that seems to be able to hold the business is Disney. They do it is because they have a fabulous philosophy about marketing- but even they wavered."

Don Bluth, American Artist

Business, Disney, Marketing, Philosophy

35

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working."

"Inspiration exists, but it has to find us working."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Inspirational, Inspiration

35

"Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is."

"Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is."

Jackson Pollock, American Artist

Art, Painting, Self

35

"The park achieved a kind of reality. Like these virtual reality games the children are playing with. I told them we were doing this 40 years ago! Disneyland is virtual reality."

"The park achieved a kind of reality. Like these virtual reality games the children are playing with. I told them we were doing this 40 years ago! Disneyland is virtual reality."

John Hench, American Artist

Family, Children, Games, Reality, Years

35

"I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life."

"I passed blindly many things which belong to real and political life."

Max Beckmann, German Artist

35

"They grew really quickly. One minute I didn't have any tits and the next I had the biggest tits in the world."

"They grew really quickly. One minute I didn't have any tits and the next I had the biggest tits in the world."

Tracey Emin, English Artist

35

"I think you've got to talk to the director, see the director's films and recognise that it's important that the work fits right in and see if as part of the movie."

"I think you've got to talk to the director, see the director's films and recognise that it's important that the work fits right in and see if as part of the movie."

Dennis Muren, American Artist

Work, Right, Talk

35

"Bums are the well-to-do of this day. They didn't have as far to fall."

"Bums are the well-to-do of this day. They didn't have as far to fall."

Jackson Pollock, American Artist

35

"It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema."

"It took a while for me to grasp that my colleagues believe I have made an impact on the history of cinema."

Conrad Hall, American Artist

History, Cinema

35

"The subject of my work has a lot to do with general, artistic matters, questions like: What is creativity? Where do we come from? What are our motors? What is coincidence? What is logic?"

"The subject of my work has a lot to do with general, artistic matters, questions like: What is creativity? Where do we come from? What are our motors? What is coincidence? What is logic?"

Alva Noto, German Artist

Work, Creativity, Logic, Questions

35

"People who can pull you in and take you on a journey, as opposed to simply adding flash. Again, that feels very clinical, and I don't respond to that the way I used to."

"People who can pull you in and take you on a journey, as opposed to simply adding flash. Again, that feels very clinical, and I don't respond to that the way I used to."

Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist

People, Journey

35

"I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality, I can see myself, and it has helped me to say what I want to say in paint."

"I know now that most people are so closely concerned with themselves that they are not aware of their own individuality, I can see myself, and it has helped me to say what I want to say in paint."

Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist

People, Individuality, Now, Want

35

"I realize that protest paintings are not exactly in vogue, but I've done many."

"I realize that protest paintings are not exactly in vogue, but I've done many."

Robert Indiana, American Artist

35

"There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself in relationship to painting and that was attitudes like tortured, struggle, pain."

"There was a whole language that I could never make function for myself in relationship to painting and that was attitudes like tortured, struggle, pain."

Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist

Language, Pain, Painting, Struggle

35

"Wisdom is the daughter of experience."

"Wisdom is the daughter of experience."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Wisdom, Experience, Learning, Knowledge

35

"Bad artists copy. Good artists steal."

"Bad artists copy. Good artists steal."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Creativity, Artists

35

"Filmmaking can be a fine art."

"Filmmaking can be a fine art."

Terri Windling, American Artist

35

"I often think of you all, one cannot do what one wants in life. The more you feel attached to a spot, the more ruthlessly you are compelled to leave it, but the memories remain, and one remembers - as in a looking glass, darkly - one's absent friends."

"I often think of you all, one cannot do what one wants in life. The more you feel attached to a spot, the more ruthlessly you are compelled to leave it, but the memories remain, and one remembers - as in a looking glass, darkly - one's absent friends."

Vincent van Gogh, Dutch Artist

Remembrance, Memory, Attachment, Loss, Longing

35

"I'd rather have huge success and huge failures than travel in the middle of the road."

"I'd rather have huge success and huge failures than travel in the middle of the road."

Kevyn Aucoin, American Artist

Success, Travel, Road

35

"Certainly the Australians were buried in Korea. But I think that from Vietnam on, all the killed were brought home to America or to Australia, in our case."

"Certainly the Australians were buried in Korea. But I think that from Vietnam on, all the killed were brought home to America or to Australia, in our case."

Peter Scott, English Artist

Home, America, Vietnam

35

"The corruption of the American soul is consumerism."

"The corruption of the American soul is consumerism."

Ben Nicholson, British Artist

Soul, American, Corruption

35

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