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Quotes by Artist

"Healing yourself is connected with healing others."

"Healing yourself is connected with healing others."

Yoko Ono, American Artist

40

"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

39

"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

39

"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

39

"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

39

"All good ideas arrive by chance."

"All good ideas arrive by chance."

Max Ernst, German Artist

Creativity, Ideas, Chance

39

"But again, I put in my time with Marvel and DC so there was that period of my life of trying to learn how to draw and tell stories in a proper fashion."

"But again, I put in my time with Marvel and DC so there was that period of my life of trying to learn how to draw and tell stories in a proper fashion."

Todd McFarlane, Canadian Artist

Life, Time, Fashion, Trying

39

"You can't make people respond."

"You can't make people respond."

Arthur Boyd, Australian Artist

39

"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

39

"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

39

"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

39

"The notes I have made are not a diary in the ordinary sense, but partly lengthy records of my spiritual experiences, and partly poems in prose."

"The notes I have made are not a diary in the ordinary sense, but partly lengthy records of my spiritual experiences, and partly poems in prose."

Edvard Munch, Norwegian Artist

Poems, Prose, Sense, Spiritual

39

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

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

Frida Kahlo, Mexican Artist

39

"You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh."

"You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh."

John Singer Sargent, American Artist

38

"When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort."

"When I was growing up, the men in my life were abusive; women were the ones I ran to for comfort."

Kevyn Aucoin, American Artist

Life, Men, Women, Comfort

38

"There was a time when meanings were focused and reality could be fixed; when that sort of belief disappeared, things became uncertain and open to interpretation."

"There was a time when meanings were focused and reality could be fixed; when that sort of belief disappeared, things became uncertain and open to interpretation."

Bridget Riley, British Artist

Time, Belief, Open, Reality

38

"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

38

"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

38

"Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation."

"Progressive art can assist people to learn not only about the objective forces at work in the society in which they live, but also about the intensely social character of their interior lives. Ultimately, it can propel people toward social emancipation."

Salvador Dali, Spanish Artist

Art, Society, Work, People

38

"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

38

"In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light."

"In nature, light creates the color. In the picture, color creates the light."

Hans Hofmann, German Artist

38

"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

38

"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

38

"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

38

"I think of painting without subject matter as music without words."

"I think of painting without subject matter as music without words."

Kenneth Noland, American Artist

Music, Painting, Words

37

"The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet."

"The most exciting attractions are between two opposites that never meet."

Andy Warhol, American Artist

Balance, Opposites

37

"I am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over."

"I am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over."

Philip Guston, American Artist

37

"If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream."

"If the dream is a translation of waking life, waking life is also a translation of the dream."

Rene Magritte, Belgian Artist

Life, Dream, Waking

37

"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

37

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

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

Ad Reinhardt, American Artist

37

"Civilization is what makes you sick."

"Civilization is what makes you sick."

Paul Gauguin, French Artist

37

"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

37

"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

37

"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

37

"We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art."

"We are all hungry and thirsty for concrete images. Abstract art will have been good for one thing: to restore its exact virginity to figurative art."

Salvador Dali, Spanish Artist

Art, Virginity, Will

37

"He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year."

"He who wishes to be rich in a day will be hanged in a year."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

Wisdom, Day, Will, Wishes

37

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

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

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

Perfection, Trifle, Trifles

37

"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

36

"Every drop in the ocean counts."

"Every drop in the ocean counts."

Yoko Ono, American Artist

36

"We live in a rainbow of chaos."

"We live in a rainbow of chaos."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

36

"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."

"Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Intelligence, Computers, Answers

36

"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

36

"Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind."

"Painters have always needed a sort of veil upon which they can focus their attention. It's as though the more fully the consciousness is absorbed, the greater the freedom of the spirit behind."

Bridget Riley, British Artist

Attention, Consciousness, Focus, Freedom

36

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

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

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

36

"Learning never exhausts the mind."

"Learning never exhausts the mind."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

36

"Bach almost persuades me to be a Christian."

"Bach almost persuades me to be a Christian."

Roger Fry, English Artist

36

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

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

Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist

Accomplishment,

36

"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

35

"The essence of a man is found in his faults."

"The essence of a man is found in his faults."

Francis Picabia, French Artist

Mistake, Faults, Man

35

"You have to understand the nature of light."

"You have to understand the nature of light."

Conrad Hall, American Artist

35

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