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"I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life."

"I don't think about art when I'm working. I try to think about life."

Jean-Michel Basquiat, American Artist

39

"We tell them that we believe it will be beautiful because that is our specialty, we only create joy and beauty. We have never done a sad work. Through the drawings, we hope a majority will be able to visualize it."

"We tell them that we believe it will be beautiful because that is our specialty, we only create joy and beauty. We have never done a sad work. Through the drawings, we hope a majority will be able to visualize it."

Christo, Bulgarian Artist

Beauty, Work, Hope, Joy

39

"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

38

"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

38

"Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums."

"Instead of stubbornly attempting to use surrealism for purposes of subversion, it is necessary to try to make of surrealism something as solid, complete and classic as the works of museums."

Salvador Dali, Spanish Artist

Surrealism, Museums

37

"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

37

"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

36

"Think of me as the weathered sheriff coming back into Dodge 'cause the youngsters are shooting up the church and scaring the horses and not doing right by the women."

"Think of me as the weathered sheriff coming back into Dodge 'cause the youngsters are shooting up the church and scaring the horses and not doing right by the women."

Frank Miller, American Artist

Woman, Women, Church, Horses, Right

36

"Of course I realize that photography is not the technical facility as much as it is the eye, and this decision that one makes for the moment at which you are going to snap, you know."

"Of course I realize that photography is not the technical facility as much as it is the eye, and this decision that one makes for the moment at which you are going to snap, you know."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

Decision-Making, Decision, Eye, Photography

36

"Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness."

"Beyond a doubt truth bears the same relation to falsehood as light to darkness."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Truth, Darkness, Doubt, Falsehood

36

"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

36

"As time goes on, I realize more and more that, beginning in the early 30's, David Smith began setting the precedent for what was to come later for many of us."

"As time goes on, I realize more and more that, beginning in the early 30's, David Smith began setting the precedent for what was to come later for many of us."

Kenneth Noland, American Artist

Time, Beginning

36

"The chief enemy of creativity is "good" sense."

"The chief enemy of creativity is "good" sense."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Creativity, Enemy, Sense

35

"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

35

"Silence is so accurate."

"Silence is so accurate."

Mark Rothko, American Artist

35

"An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision."

"An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision."

James Whistler, American Artist

35

"The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy."

"The game of life is a game of boomerangs. Our thoughts, deeds and words return to us sooner or later with astounding accuracy."

Florence Scovel Shinn, American Artist

Life, Thoughts, Accuracy, Deeds

35

"One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes."

"One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes."

Andrew Wyeth, American Artist

Love, Art, Deep

35

"He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise."

"He has found his style, when he cannot do otherwise."

Paul Klee, Swiss Artist

34

"I just don't want anyone messing around with my pure smoking pleasure."

"I just don't want anyone messing around with my pure smoking pleasure."

Max Cannon, American Artist

Pleasure, Smoking, Want

34

"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

34

"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

34

"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

34

"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

33

"I guess I had fun doing it but it has hard memories for me."

"I guess I had fun doing it but it has hard memories for me."

Faith Ringgold, American Artist

33

"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

33

"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

32

"The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection."

"The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

Art, Work, Perfection, Shadow

32

"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

32

"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

32

"It's rare that I actually have a story in my head. I have events or 'what's the next move?' Like, Maggie, 'where's she going to go in this story, where's she going to end up?' Then the story has to fill in the in-between, and that comes as I'm starting it."

"It's rare that I actually have a story in my head. I have events or 'what's the next move?' Like, Maggie, 'where's she going to go in this story, where's she going to end up?' Then the story has to fill in the in-between, and that comes as I'm starting it."

Jaime Hernandez, American Artist

Writing, End, Events

32

"Genius is eternal patience."

"Genius is eternal patience."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

Genius, Patience

32

"Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason."

"Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to do the opposite, that is to commence with experience and from this to proceed to investigate the reason."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Nature, Experience, Reason

32

"Art is the elimination of the unnecessary."

"Art is the elimination of the unnecessary."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Creativity, Art

32

"All good ideas arrive by chance."

"All good ideas arrive by chance."

Max Ernst, German Artist

Creativity, Ideas, Chance

31

"Art is Art. Everything else is everything else."

"Art is Art. Everything else is everything else."

Ad Reinhardt, American Artist

31

"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

31

"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

31

"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

30

"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

30

"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

30

"Healing yourself is connected with healing others."

"Healing yourself is connected with healing others."

Yoko Ono, American Artist

30

"There are always flowers for those who want to see them."

"There are always flowers for those who want to see them."

Henri Matisse, French Artist

29

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory."

"Anyone who conducts an argument by appealing to authority is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Intelligence, Argument, Authority, Memory

29

"The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot."

"The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot."

Salvador Dali, Spanish Artist

Beauty, First, Man, Woman

29

"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

29

"To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams."

"To become truly immortal, a work of art must escape all human limits: logic and common sense will only interfere. But once these barriers are broken, it will enter the realms of childhood visions and dreams."

Giorgio de Chirico, Greek Artist

Art, Dreams, Work, Childhood

29

"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

29

"Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle."

"Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

Perfection, Trifle, Trifles

29

"You are lost the moment you know what the result will be."

"You are lost the moment you know what the result will be."

Juan Gris, Spanish Artist

Uncertainty, Result, Will

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