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"If I ever loved a woman, the more I loved her, the more I wanted to hurt her. Frida was only the most obvious victim of this disgusting trait."

"If I ever loved a woman, the more I loved her, the more I wanted to hurt her. Frida was only the most obvious victim of this disgusting trait."

Diego Rivera, Mexican Artist

Hurt, Obvious, Woman

18

"The best way to know God is to love many things."

"The best way to know God is to love many things."

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

18

"I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you."

"I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you."

Frida Kahlo, Mexican Artist

18

"Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new - for me, unique - in it."

"Take a film of Jacques Tati like Mon Oncle which has something quite new - for me, unique - in it."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

18

"July 13, 1954 was the most tragic day of my life. I had lost my beloved Frida forever. To late now I realized that the most wonderful part of my life had been my love for Frida."

"July 13, 1954 was the most tragic day of my life. I had lost my beloved Frida forever. To late now I realized that the most wonderful part of my life had been my love for Frida."

Diego Rivera, Mexican Artist

Life, Love, Day, July

18

"Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish."

"Lord, grant that I may always desire more than I can accomplish."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

18

"Oh, yes. I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy."

"Oh, yes. I knew I was weird by the time I was four. I knew I wasn't like other boys. I knew I was more fearful. I didn't like the rough and tumble most boys were into. I knew I was a sissy."

Robert Crumb, American Artist

18

"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

18

"A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one of himself."

"A person himself believes that all the other portraits are good likenesses except the one of himself."

Edvard Munch, Norwegian Artist

Self-Perception, Portraits

17

"Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can."

"Talent does whatever it wants to do. Genius does only what it can."

Eugene Delacroix, French Artist

17

"The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents."

"The thermometer of success is merely the jealousy of the malcontents."

Salvador Dali, Spanish Artist

Success, Jealousy

17

"Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age."

"Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age."

Paul Klee, Swiss Artist

Age, Wisdom, Ability, Children

16

"Therefore we have to go over the fact that all human beings are afraid by what is new. It is our work to convince them that they will enjoy it, and even if they don't, to allow us just for 14 days to create that work of art."

"Therefore we have to go over the fact that all human beings are afraid by what is new. It is our work to convince them that they will enjoy it, and even if they don't, to allow us just for 14 days to create that work of art."

Christo, Bulgarian Artist

Art, Work, Fact, Will

16

"Art is the elimination of the unnecessary."

"Art is the elimination of the unnecessary."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Creativity, Art

16

"There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it."

"There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it."

H. R. Giger, Swiss Artist

16

"Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?"

"Why does the eye see a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination when awake?"

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Dream, Dreams, Imagination, Eye

16

"Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested in photography at that time that I really would have preferred to work with Stryker than with my department, which was more artistic if you wish."

"Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested in photography at that time that I really would have preferred to work with Stryker than with my department, which was more artistic if you wish."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

Time, Work, Job, Now

15

"I did take my camera along, as I felt there wouldn't be enough time to draw the things I wanted to do. I did some drawing and did a lot of photography but I was not part of Stryker's outfit at all."

"I did take my camera along, as I felt there wouldn't be enough time to draw the things I wanted to do. I did some drawing and did a lot of photography but I was not part of Stryker's outfit at all."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

Time, Photography

15

"It appears to be monumental only because it's art."

"It appears to be monumental only because it's art."

Christo, Bulgarian Artist

15

"I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist."

"I felt so painfully isolated that I vowed I would get revenge on the world by becoming a famous cartoonist."

Robert Crumb, American Artist

Famous, Revenge, World

15

"Good art theory must smell of the studio, although its language should differ from the household talk of painters and sculptors."

"Good art theory must smell of the studio, although its language should differ from the household talk of painters and sculptors."

Rudolf Arnheim, German Artist

Art, Language, Talk, Theory

15

"You see, we are not machines and we do not have lots of ideas in a drawer."

"You see, we are not machines and we do not have lots of ideas in a drawer."

Christo, Bulgarian Artist

Creativity, Ideas, Machines

15

"Color is born of the interpenetration of light and dark."

"Color is born of the interpenetration of light and dark."

Sam Francis, American Artist

15

"The problem is we moved to LA... The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican."

"The problem is we moved to LA... The only way to be punk rock in L.A. is to be a Republican."

Trey Parker, American Artist

Punk, Republican

15

"A man paints with his brains and not with his hands."

"A man paints with his brains and not with his hands."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

15

"The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic that to love others."

"The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic that to love others."

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

15

"Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order."

"Remember that a painting - before it is a battle horse, a nude model, or some anecdote - is essentially a flat surface covered with colours assembled in a certain order."

Maurice Denis, French Artist

Battle, Order, Painting

15

"Healing yourself is connected with healing others."

"Healing yourself is connected with healing others."

Yoko Ono, American Artist

15

"In this movement of colors I find the essence, which does not arise from a system, or an a priori theory."

"In this movement of colors I find the essence, which does not arise from a system, or an a priori theory."

Robert Delaunay, French Artist

15

"I was brought in, not in the photographic department at all, I was brought in on a thing called Special Skills. I was to do posters, pamphlets, murals, propaganda in general, you know."

"I was brought in, not in the photographic department at all, I was brought in on a thing called Special Skills. I was to do posters, pamphlets, murals, propaganda in general, you know."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

Art, Propaganda

14

"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for."

"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for."

Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist

14

"You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer."

"You mustn't always believe what I say. Questions tempt you to tell lies, particularly when there is no answer."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Truth, Lies, Questions

14

"All good ideas arrive by chance."

"All good ideas arrive by chance."

Max Ernst, German Artist

Creativity, Ideas, Chance

14

"I want paint to work as flesh."

"I want paint to work as flesh."

Lucian Freud, British Artist

14

"I was worried in the '80s that the best abstract painting had become obsessed with materiality, and painterly gestures and materiality were up against the wall."

"I was worried in the '80s that the best abstract painting had become obsessed with materiality, and painterly gestures and materiality were up against the wall."

Frank Stella, American Artist

14

"The other work we started in 1992, it is called Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River in the state of Colorado, we haven't got the permit yet. And, we are working at both of those, trying to get the permit. Therefore, we do not know which one will be realized next."

"The other work we started in 1992, it is called Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River in the state of Colorado, we haven't got the permit yet. And, we are working at both of those, trying to get the permit. Therefore, we do not know which one will be realized next."

Christo, Bulgarian Artist

Work, Project, State, Trying

13

"Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so familiar with with it that one recognizes it without looking at it."

"Very quickly a painting is turned into a facsimile of itself when one becomes so familiar with with it that one recognizes it without looking at it."

Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist

13

"Silence is so accurate."

"Silence is so accurate."

Mark Rothko, American Artist

13

"In '38, this time I did a job for Mr. Stryker. I went on his payroll at about half the salary I was getting before, to cover what he called Harvest in Ohio."

"In '38, this time I did a job for Mr. Stryker. I went on his payroll at about half the salary I was getting before, to cover what he called Harvest in Ohio."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

Time, Harvest, Job

13

"I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life."

"I thought I was going to be a bum the rest of my life."

Jean-Michel Basquiat, American Artist

Life, Thought, Rest

13

"I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality."

"I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality."

Frida Kahlo, Mexican Artist

Dream, Dreams, Reality

13

"Every man is an artist."

"Every man is an artist."

Joseph Beuys, German Artist

Creativity, Man

13

"I think cheese smells funny, but I feel bananas "are" funny. I'm assuming Swamp told the whole story of the executives seriously asking us to replace the banana with cheese because they thought it was funnier."

"I think cheese smells funny, but I feel bananas "are" funny. I'm assuming Swamp told the whole story of the executives seriously asking us to replace the banana with cheese because they thought it was funnier."

Joe Murray, American Artist

Fun, Funny, Thought

13

"I believe, however, that such abnormal moments can be found in everyone, and it is all the more fortunate when they occur in individuals with creative talent or with clairvoyant powers."

"I believe, however, that such abnormal moments can be found in everyone, and it is all the more fortunate when they occur in individuals with creative talent or with clairvoyant powers."

Giorgio de Chirico, Greek Artist

Talent, Moments

13

"I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own."

"I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own."

Jackson Pollock, American Artist

Life, Fear, Painting

13

"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do."

"I've been absolutely terrified every moment of my life - and I've never let it keep me from doing a single thing I wanted to do."

Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist

13

"I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products."

"I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products."

Marcel Duchamp, French Artist

Creativity, Ideas

13

"Unlike the expressionists, I have never been interested in renewing the world through the vehicle of art."

"Unlike the expressionists, I have never been interested in renewing the world through the vehicle of art."

Georg Baselitz, German Artist

13

"When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate."

"When I come up against the real world, I just vacillate."

Robert Crumb, American Artist

13

"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

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