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"The whole drive of western culture, the part of it which is serious, is towards an extreme objectification. It's carried to the point where the human subject is treated almost as if it's dirt in the works of a watch."

"The whole drive of western culture, the part of it which is serious, is towards an extreme objectification. It's carried to the point where the human subject is treated almost as if it's dirt in the works of a watch."

Henry Flynt, American Artist

Cultural, Culture, Extreme

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

28

"Christendom appears clearly to me to be one of those trifling, insignificant arts, which has never been of any substantial advantage to mankind."

"Christendom appears clearly to me to be one of those trifling, insignificant arts, which has never been of any substantial advantage to mankind."

Edward Hicks, American Artist

28

"I've been fortunate to come on places where the question isn't why did I do it? The question to me is always, why didn't anybody else do it before me? Those are the ones that I scratch my head about."

"I've been fortunate to come on places where the question isn't why did I do it? The question to me is always, why didn't anybody else do it before me? Those are the ones that I scratch my head about."

Todd McFarlane, Canadian Artist

28

"I almost bumped into Alec Baldwin and then turned around and Paris Hilton was standing there. And I was like, 'Look, it's stupid spoiled whore.'"

"I almost bumped into Alec Baldwin and then turned around and Paris Hilton was standing there. And I was like, 'Look, it's stupid spoiled whore.'"

Trey Parker, American Artist

Celebrity, Paris

28

"Civilization is what makes you sick."

"Civilization is what makes you sick."

Paul Gauguin, French Artist

28

"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

28

"Art is a lie that makes us realize truth."

"Art is a lie that makes us realize truth."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Philosophy, Art, Truth, Lie

28

"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

28

"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

28

"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

27

"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

27

"I think most of the art now is involved with a denial of any kind of absolute morality, or general morality."

"I think most of the art now is involved with a denial of any kind of absolute morality, or general morality."

Donald Judd, American Artist

Art, Morality, Denial, Now

27

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

"Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!"

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Ignorance, Open

27

"I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else."

"I begin with an idea and then it becomes something else."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Creativity, Idea

27

"I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others."

"I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

27

"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

27

"Our life is made by the death of others."

"Our life is made by the death of others."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

27

"It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory."

"It is all very well to copy what one sees, but it is far better to draw what one now only sees in one's memory. That is a transformation in which imagination collaborates with memory."

Edgar Degas, French Artist

Imagination, Memory, Now

27

"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

27

"Art is a harmony parallel with nature."

"Art is a harmony parallel with nature."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

Nature, Art, Harmony

26

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

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

Christo, Bulgarian Artist

26

"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

26

"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

26

"Alternative cartoonists have to rely on comic book stores to get their stuff in the hands of readers."

"Alternative cartoonists have to rely on comic book stores to get their stuff in the hands of readers."

Jim Woodring, American Artist

26

"It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw."

"It is wonderful to feel the grandness of Canada in the raw."

Emily Carr, Canadian Artist

Grandness, Canada

26

"I feel the need of attaining the maximum of intensity with the minimum of means. It is this which has led me to give my painting a character of even greater bareness."

"I feel the need of attaining the maximum of intensity with the minimum of means. It is this which has led me to give my painting a character of even greater bareness."

Joan Miro, Spanish Artist

Character, Painting

26

"Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making."

"Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making."

Salvador Dali, Spanish Artist

26

"The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget."

"The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget."

John Berger, English Artist

God, Burden, Forget, Memory

26

"Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love."

"Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love."

Claude Monet, French Artist

26

"So what I do is supervise the boarding process trying to get the shows the way I'd like them to be. And in some cases I've completely redone a board myself even though I'm not credited for it."

"So what I do is supervise the boarding process trying to get the shows the way I'd like them to be. And in some cases I've completely redone a board myself even though I'm not credited for it."

Craig McCracken, American Artist

Television, Trying

26

"Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius."

"Could we teach taste or genius by rules, they would be no longer taste and genius."

Joshua Reynolds, English Artist

Genius, Rules, Taste

26

"You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare."

"You get whatever accomplishment you are willing to declare."

Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist

Accomplishment,

26

"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

25

"I shut my eyes in order to see."

"I shut my eyes in order to see."

Paul Gauguin, French Artist

Introspection, Eyes, Order

25

"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

25

"We live in a rainbow of chaos."

"We live in a rainbow of chaos."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

25

"The first time it felt really dangerous, like the sort of thing you had to lock the doors and close the curtains on because if anybody saw you, God would strike you down with a thunderbolt. But I took to it like a duck to water."

"The first time it felt really dangerous, like the sort of thing you had to lock the doors and close the curtains on because if anybody saw you, God would strike you down with a thunderbolt. But I took to it like a duck to water."

Jamie Muir, British Artist

Time, God, First, Water

25

"A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it."

"A beautiful thing never gives so much pain as does failing to hear and see it."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

25

$"Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!"$

"Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!"

Paul Gauguin, French Artist

25

"Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed."

"Life is a succession of moments, to live each one is to succeed."

Corita Kent, American Artist

Life, Moments, Succeed

25

"I think a painting is more like the real world if it's made out the real world."

"I think a painting is more like the real world if it's made out the real world."

Robert Rauschenberg, American Artist

Painting, World

25

"The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are."

"The closer the source of light is to a subject, the broader the beams are."

Conrad Hall, American Artist

Photography, Light

25

"Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion."

"Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion."

John Berger, English Artist

Being, Emotion, Envy, Glamour

25

"I don't believe in making pencil sketches and then painting landscape in your studio. You must be right under the sky."

"I don't believe in making pencil sketches and then painting landscape in your studio. You must be right under the sky."

William Merritt Chase, American Artist

Painting, Right, Sky

25

"Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes."

"Everyone will be famous for 15 minutes."

Andy Warhol, American Artist

25

"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

25

"My painting carries with it the message of pain."

"My painting carries with it the message of pain."

Frida Kahlo, Mexican Artist

25

"I'm hoping that word-of-mouth on the film - people seeing it and liking it - that that will drive more people to the theaters, because I haven't seen the billboards or the posters or anything."

"I'm hoping that word-of-mouth on the film - people seeing it and liking it - that that will drive more people to the theaters, because I haven't seen the billboards or the posters or anything."

Craig McCracken, American Artist

People, Film, Will, Word

25

"I want to tell a story and shape it all the way through to the end."

"I want to tell a story and shape it all the way through to the end."

Conrad Hall, American Artist

Writing, End, Want

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