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"I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods."

"I believe there is little to gain by exchanging opinions with other artists concerning either the ideology of art or technical methods."

Yves Tanguy, French Artist

Art, Artists, Gain, Ideology

10

"The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings."

"The best way to begin is to say: Balthus is a painter of whom nothing is known. And now let us have a look at his paintings."

Balthus, French Artist

10

"You must try to match your colors as nearly as you can to those you see before you, and you must study the effects of light and shade on nature's own hues and tints."

"You must try to match your colors as nearly as you can to those you see before you, and you must study the effects of light and shade on nature's own hues and tints."

William Merritt Chase, American Artist

Nature, Colors, Light, Study

10

"Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances."

"Killing yourself is a major commitment, it takes a kind of courage. Most people just lead lives of cowardly desperation. It's kinda half suicide where you just dull yourself with substances."

Robert Crumb, American Artist

People, Courage, Commitment, Desperation

10

"I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. It's in the subconscious."

"I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. It's in the subconscious."

Andrew Wyeth, American Artist

Dream, Painting

10

"The older painting - well, it does have an effect all at once, I suppose, but it's of a lesser intensity than a lot of the American work in the last ten or fifteen years."

"The older painting - well, it does have an effect all at once, I suppose, but it's of a lesser intensity than a lot of the American work in the last ten or fifteen years."

Donald Judd, American Artist

Work, Effect, Painting

10

"Everyone in those days expected that art students were wild, licentious characters. We didn't know how to be, but we sure were anxious to learn."

"Everyone in those days expected that art students were wild, licentious characters. We didn't know how to be, but we sure were anxious to learn."

Norman Rockwell, American Artist

10

"Modem science, then, maintains on the one hand that nature, both organic and inorganic, strives towards a state of order and that man's actions are governed by the same tendency."

"Modem science, then, maintains on the one hand that nature, both organic and inorganic, strives towards a state of order and that man's actions are governed by the same tendency."

Rudolf Arnheim, German Artist

Nature, Science, Actions, Man

10

"England was incredibly dull and everything exciting seemed to be in America."

"England was incredibly dull and everything exciting seemed to be in America."

Gerald Scarfe, British Artist

Experience, America, England

10

"As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge."

"As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge."

Bridget Riley, British Artist

10

"It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism has an environment."

"It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism has an environment."

Carl Andre, American Artist

Time, Environment, Living

10

"I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say "figment.""

"I always thought I'd like my own tombstone to be blank. No epitaph, and no name. Well, actually, I'd like it to say "figment.""

Andy Warhol, American Artist

10

"Everyone is trying to do something that hasn't been done and that's a really good thing. You can only do so much with a story and some scripts don't give you the opportunities and other scripts do give you the opportunities to do things that haven't been done before."

"Everyone is trying to do something that hasn't been done and that's a really good thing. You can only do so much with a story and some scripts don't give you the opportunities and other scripts do give you the opportunities to do things that haven't been done before."

Dennis Muren, American Artist

Innovation, Trying

10

"Because the mask is your face, the face is a mask, so I'm thinking of the face as a mask because of the way I see faces is coming from an African vision of the mask which is the thing that we carry around with us, it is our presentation, it's our front, it's our face."

"Because the mask is your face, the face is a mask, so I'm thinking of the face as a mask because of the way I see faces is coming from an African vision of the mask which is the thing that we carry around with us, it is our presentation, it's our front, it's our face."

Faith Ringgold, American Artist

Vision, African, Faces, Thinking

10

"I drew a picture on the back of a calendar in pencil. In those days they used to give out free calendars, I had no art paper, so I took whatever else I could."

"I drew a picture on the back of a calendar in pencil. In those days they used to give out free calendars, I had no art paper, so I took whatever else I could."

Joe Shuster, Canadian Artist

10

"An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men."

"An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men."

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

Man, Men, Heart

10

"I'm just drawing it now. It's totally revolting. I'm sure you'll love it."

"I'm just drawing it now. It's totally revolting. I'm sure you'll love it."

Eddie Campbell, Scottish Artist

10

"I want to make exalted art. A successful image has pictorial lift. I am looking for whatever is up there."

"I want to make exalted art. A successful image has pictorial lift. I am looking for whatever is up there."

Frank Stella, American Artist

Success, Art, Successful, Want

10

"Any ideal system is its own worst enemy, and as soon as you start to implement these visions of grandeur, they just fall apart and turn into a complete tyranny."

"Any ideal system is its own worst enemy, and as soon as you start to implement these visions of grandeur, they just fall apart and turn into a complete tyranny."

Ben Nicholson, British Artist

Enemy, Tyranny, Visions

10

"Image has to be its own fortress, in spite of the owners. People can't separate that or they don't comprehend that you can turn that on and off for each one of the different entities."

"Image has to be its own fortress, in spite of the owners. People can't separate that or they don't comprehend that you can turn that on and off for each one of the different entities."

Todd McFarlane, Canadian Artist

10

"When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't."

"When I look at a body it gives me choice of what to put in a painting, what will suit me and what won't."

Lucian Freud, British Artist

Body, Choice, Painting, Will

10

"The auditory perception is not sufficient for our knowledge of the world; it does not have vastness."

"The auditory perception is not sufficient for our knowledge of the world; it does not have vastness."

Robert Delaunay, French Artist

Knowledge, Perception, World

10

"Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but they all paint frescoes."

"Youth must go ahead and prosper. These young painters are all very talented people, but they all paint frescoes."

Edvard Munch, Norwegian Artist

10

"I was blown away by being able to color. Then I started to draw... bringing a blank white canvas to life was fascinating."

"I was blown away by being able to color. Then I started to draw... bringing a blank white canvas to life was fascinating."

James De La Vega, American Artist

10

"They certainly aren't connected with the old geometric art. My work isn't geometric in that sense."

"They certainly aren't connected with the old geometric art. My work isn't geometric in that sense."

Donald Judd, American Artist

Work, Art, Old, Sense

10

"We are pushing hard to find quality advertising clients."

"We are pushing hard to find quality advertising clients."

Ben Nicholson, British Artist

Quality, Advertising, Clients

10

"I thought, well I can do that. I couldn't be bothered writing a book review, because I'd have to read the book, I haven't got time to read a whole book for a fifty dollar write-up."

"I thought, well I can do that. I couldn't be bothered writing a book review, because I'd have to read the book, I haven't got time to read a whole book for a fifty dollar write-up."

Eddie Campbell, Scottish Artist

Time, Thought, Writing

10

"I'd asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally one lady friend asked the right question, 'Well, what do you love most?' That's how I started painting money."

"I'd asked around 10 or 15 people for suggestions. Finally one lady friend asked the right question, 'Well, what do you love most?' That's how I started painting money."

Andy Warhol, American Artist

Friendship, Love, Money, People, Friend

10

"He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast."

"He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Wisdom, May, Practice, Theory

10

"Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible."

"Employees make the best dates. You don't have to pick them up and they're always tax-deductible."

Andy Warhol, American Artist

Humor, Employees, Tax

10

"As I say, I as an abstract artist was active politically."

"As I say, I as an abstract artist was active politically."

Lee Krasner, American Artist

10

"I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art."

"I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art."

Balthus, French Artist

10

"Not only that, but when I first met Joe, to my intense delight, he showed me that he was a collector. He was collecting some of the early Tarzan pages by Hal Foster, and, later, early Flash Gordons; and I found that we were both absolutely interested in the same type of thing."

"Not only that, but when I first met Joe, to my intense delight, he showed me that he was a collector. He was collecting some of the early Tarzan pages by Hal Foster, and, later, early Flash Gordons; and I found that we were both absolutely interested in the same type of thing."

Joe Shuster, Canadian Artist

10

"Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced."

"Art is to me the glorification of the human spirit, and as such it is the cultural documentation of the time in which it is produced."

Hans Hofmann, German Artist

Art, Time, Spirit

10

"In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like."

"In England, it's thought to be morally suspect to worry about what your surroundings look like."

Howard Hodgkin, British Artist

Thought, England, Worry

10

"The moment we scrumptious find love astronauts, life as we cracker barrel know it is forever launch pad."

"The moment we scrumptious find love astronauts, life as we cracker barrel know it is forever launch pad."

Isabel Yosito, American Artist

10

"Yes, the first job I had at the studio was Snow White. I don't like the term particularly, but I got stuck with the human characters. They just didn't have that many people who could draw humans."

"Yes, the first job I had at the studio was Snow White. I don't like the term particularly, but I got stuck with the human characters. They just didn't have that many people who could draw humans."

Marc Davis, American Artist

People, First, Job, Snow

10

"I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it."

"I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it."

Henri Matisse, French Artist

Vision, Extreme, World, Youth

10

"We started getting the script to different people and we were in the business of trying to fund it so we could get it off and running, and all the characters and sets designed and everything."

"We started getting the script to different people and we were in the business of trying to fund it so we could get it off and running, and all the characters and sets designed and everything."

Don Bluth, American Artist

Business, People, Running, Trying

10

"I used to build up to sensation, accumulating tension until it released a perceptual experience."

"I used to build up to sensation, accumulating tension until it released a perceptual experience."

Bridget Riley, British Artist

Experience, Tension

10

"A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller."

"A single day is enough to make us a little larger or, another time, a little smaller."

Paul Klee, Swiss Artist

10

"The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul."

"The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul."

Ben Nicholson, British Artist

Soul, Corruption, Greed

10

"Walt had a marvelous intuition. And because he understood people very well, liked them and had great respect for people, there was nothing cynical about Walt."

"Walt had a marvelous intuition. And because he understood people very well, liked them and had great respect for people, there was nothing cynical about Walt."

John Hench, American Artist

People, Intuition, Nothing, Respect

10

"Ours is the century of enforced travel of disappearances. The century of people helplessly seeing others, who were close to them, disappear over the horizon."

"Ours is the century of enforced travel of disappearances. The century of people helplessly seeing others, who were close to them, disappear over the horizon."

John Berger, English Artist

10

"The model should only serve the very private function for the painter of providing the starting point for his excitement."

"The model should only serve the very private function for the painter of providing the starting point for his excitement."

Lucian Freud, British Artist

Art, Excitement

10

"Love is the greatest refreshment in life."

"Love is the greatest refreshment in life."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

10

"On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting."

"On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting."

Jackson Pollock, American Artist

10

"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

10

"It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent."

"It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent."

Vincent Van Gogh, Dutch Artist

Mistake, Mistakes

10

"Very interesting for an old duffer like me to try his hand at something new. If I don't do that once in a while, I might just turn into a fossil, you know!"

"Very interesting for an old duffer like me to try his hand at something new. If I don't do that once in a while, I might just turn into a fossil, you know!"

Norman Rockwell, American Artist

10

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