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"The generic Canadian style of illustration is different from the generic American style."

"The generic Canadian style of illustration is different from the generic American style."

John Kricfalusi, Canadian Artist

Media, American, Style

28

"I've sort of dealt with the characters' lives more; particularly the women characters."

"I've sort of dealt with the characters' lives more; particularly the women characters."

Gilbert Hernandez, American Artist

28

"I made a lot of different experiments with tapes at that time, until I finally realized around 1995, that sound is an interesting subject for me. Ever since then sound got more and more integrated into my art works, musically as well as physically."

"I made a lot of different experiments with tapes at that time, until I finally realized around 1995, that sound is an interesting subject for me. Ever since then sound got more and more integrated into my art works, musically as well as physically."

Alva Noto, German Artist

Art, Time, Sound

28

"People were already beginning to forget, what horrible suffering the war had brought them. I did not want to cause fear and panic, but to let people know how dreadful war is and so to stimulate people's powers of resistance."

"People were already beginning to forget, what horrible suffering the war had brought them. I did not want to cause fear and panic, but to let people know how dreadful war is and so to stimulate people's powers of resistance."

Otto Dix, German Artist

War, People, Fear, Beginning

28

"At that point it certainly would be called abstract. That is to say, you had a model and there'd be one or two or three people there drawing the model but otherwise you had abstractions all around the room, even though the model was in front of you."

"At that point it certainly would be called abstract. That is to say, you had a model and there'd be one or two or three people there drawing the model but otherwise you had abstractions all around the room, even though the model was in front of you."

Lee Krasner, American Artist

28

"Like everything genuine, its inner life guarantees its truth. All works of art created by truthful minds without regard for the work's conventional exterior remain genuine for all times."

"Like everything genuine, its inner life guarantees its truth. All works of art created by truthful minds without regard for the work's conventional exterior remain genuine for all times."

Franz Marc, German Artist

Life, Art, Truth, Work

28

"Mostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to that central concern, comic books and magazines included."

"Mostly, I was only interested in television as a kid, and the majority of reading material I collected was an adjunct to that central concern, comic books and magazines included."

Chris Ware, American Artist

Books, Concern, Majority, Reading

28

"The physical characteristics of the child Jesus will always remain a point of discussion. No artist has ever produced a type, nor ever will, that has in it all that the varying minds of all time will acknowledge as complete."

"The physical characteristics of the child Jesus will always remain a point of discussion. No artist has ever produced a type, nor ever will, that has in it all that the varying minds of all time will acknowledge as complete."

Henry Ossawa Tanner, American Artist

28

"One likes to think that one anticipates changes in the spaces we inhabit, and our ideas about space."

"One likes to think that one anticipates changes in the spaces we inhabit, and our ideas about space."

Jasper Johns, American Artist

Creativity, Ideas, Space

28

"Big cities are chaotic. And chaos for humans - who have experience from their ancestors - is the last step before conflict. So, in the park, every kind of visual contradiction has been eliminated."

"Big cities are chaotic. And chaos for humans - who have experience from their ancestors - is the last step before conflict. So, in the park, every kind of visual contradiction has been eliminated."

John Hench, American Artist

Experience, Chaos, Cities, Conflict

28

"Well, in any art there are a lot of technical things that you can get to like."

"Well, in any art there are a lot of technical things that you can get to like."

Donald Judd, American Artist

28

"Now painting is different. It's something recollected in tranquility."

"Now painting is different. It's something recollected in tranquility."

Jack Levine, American Artist

Now, Painting, Tranquility

28

"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

28

"The art of pictorial creation is so complicated - it is so astronomical in its possibilities of relation and combination that it would take an act of super-human concentration to explain the final realization."

"The art of pictorial creation is so complicated - it is so astronomical in its possibilities of relation and combination that it would take an act of super-human concentration to explain the final realization."

Hans Hofmann, German Artist

Art, Act, Creation, Possibilities

28

"I think some of the things I deal with Hopper probably has dealt with also, since it's somewhat the same environment and I have pretty strong reactions to what this country looks like. It looks pretty dull and spare, and you like this and dislike it and it's very complicated."

"I think some of the things I deal with Hopper probably has dealt with also, since it's somewhat the same environment and I have pretty strong reactions to what this country looks like. It looks pretty dull and spare, and you like this and dislike it and it's very complicated."

Donald Judd, American Artist

Nation, Country, Environment, Pretty

28

"Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even my cartoons of Picasso were done almost to rid myself of his influence."

"Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even my cartoons of Picasso were done almost to rid myself of his influence."

Roy Lichtenstein, American Artist

Thought, Cartoons, Influence

28

"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

28

"It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good."

"It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good."

Henri Rousseau, French Artist

28

"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

28

"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

28

"The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it."

"The '20s ended in an era of extravagance, sort of like the one we're in now. There was a big crash, but then the country picked itself up again, and we had some great years. Those were the days when American believed in itself. I was happy and proud to be painting it."

Norman Rockwell, American Artist

Art, Country, Extravagance, Now

28

"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

28

"Steven and I have worked together a lot and I'm far ahead of the curve than most people in knowing what he wants, but he knows far more than I know about what's important for the story. So, most of the changes he will make will involve story changes."

"Steven and I have worked together a lot and I'm far ahead of the curve than most people in knowing what he wants, but he knows far more than I know about what's important for the story. So, most of the changes he will make will involve story changes."

Dennis Muren, American Artist

28

"At this present time, matter is still the best way to think of architecture, but I'm not so sure for very long. The computer is radicalizing the way we think about our world."

"At this present time, matter is still the best way to think of architecture, but I'm not so sure for very long. The computer is radicalizing the way we think about our world."

Ben Nicholson, British Artist

Architecture, Time, Computer, Present

28

"And it's very hard to do this stuff too because there are so many effects movies being done, so many companies busy doing this work and the public just wants to see it. Good work is being done all over the world."

"And it's very hard to do this stuff too because there are so many effects movies being done, so many companies busy doing this work and the public just wants to see it. Good work is being done all over the world."

Dennis Muren, American Artist

Movies, Work, Being, Public

28

"Dear is your heart and close your hand, I relinquish all to love's dysmorphic command."

"Dear is your heart and close your hand, I relinquish all to love's dysmorphic command."

Isabel Yosito, American Artist

28

"The pressure of survival in the big city will make you lose sight of your dream... Hang in there."

"The pressure of survival in the big city will make you lose sight of your dream... Hang in there."

James De La Vega, American Artist

Dream, Survival, Pressure, Sight

28

"People aren't interested in seeing themselves as they really are."

"People aren't interested in seeing themselves as they really are."

Jim Woodring, American Artist

28

"It's not that the creative act and the critical act are simultaneous. It's more like you blurt something out and then analyze it."

"It's not that the creative act and the critical act are simultaneous. It's more like you blurt something out and then analyze it."

Robert Motherwell, American Artist

28

"Art is magic... But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic."

"Art is magic... But how is it magic? In its metaphysical development? Or does some final transformation culminate in a magic reality? In truth, the latter is impossible without the former. If creation is not magic, the outcome cannot be magic."

Hans Hofmann, German Artist

Art, Truth, Development, Creation

28

"I want to get people thinking."

"I want to get people thinking."

James De La Vega, American Artist

People, Thinking, Want

28

"Also, since art is a vehicle for the transmission of ideas through form, the reproduction of the form only reinforces the concept. It is the idea that is being reproduced. Anyone who understands the work of art owns it. We all own the Mona Lisa."

"Also, since art is a vehicle for the transmission of ideas through form, the reproduction of the form only reinforces the concept. It is the idea that is being reproduced. Anyone who understands the work of art owns it. We all own the Mona Lisa."

Sol LeWitt, American Artist

Art, Work, Idea, Ideas

28

"Stop bothering me with your pathetic politics - I'd rather go to the whorehouse."

"Stop bothering me with your pathetic politics - I'd rather go to the whorehouse."

Otto Dix, German Artist

28

"Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure."

"Art never seems to make me peaceful or pure."

Willem de Kooning, American Artist

28

"All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary."

"All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary."

Barbara Kruger, American Artist

History, Gossip

28

"When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story."

"When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story."

Aaron McGruder, American Artist

28

"What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero."

"What might be taken for a precocious genius is the genius of childhood. When the child grows up, it disappears without a trace. It may happen that this boy will become a real painter some day, or even a great painter. But then he will have to begin everything again, from zero."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Genius, Childhood, Day, May

28

"We get a lot of people from out of state who come down and it's not what they expect Florida to be, the horse farms and oak trees instead of the sand and the ocean."

"We get a lot of people from out of state who come down and it's not what they expect Florida to be, the horse farms and oak trees instead of the sand and the ocean."

David Jones, American Artist

People, Oak, Ocean, State

28

"Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time."

"Never permit a dichotomy to rule your life, a dichotomy in which you hate what you do so you can have pleasure in your spare time. Look for a situation in which your work will give you as much happiness as your spare time."

Pablo Picasso, Spanish Artist

Life, Happiness, Time, Work

28

"The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue."

"The function of muscle is to pull and not to push, except in the case of the genitals and the tongue."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

28

"Through her paintings, she breaks all the taboos of the woman's body and of female sexuality."

"Through her paintings, she breaks all the taboos of the woman's body and of female sexuality."

Diego Rivera, Mexican Artist

Body, Sexuality, Woman

28

"Building is just skilled labor, I suppose. It's a lot of work. I don't mind other people building them, but the way things go together and are made is interesting to me; I like that a lot."

"Building is just skilled labor, I suppose. It's a lot of work. I don't mind other people building them, but the way things go together and are made is interesting to me; I like that a lot."

Donald Judd, American Artist

Work, People, Building, Labor

28

"Well, it was never supposed to be like that. Walt died before we had finished. The original idea of Walt's was that you came down there, into the caves, and there were no pirates. But they had been there just seconds before! There was a hot meal on the table, steaming."

"Well, it was never supposed to be like that. Walt died before we had finished. The original idea of Walt's was that you came down there, into the caves, and there were no pirates. But they had been there just seconds before! There was a hot meal on the table, steaming."

John Hench, American Artist

Creativity, Idea

28

"I don't think they knew very much about the war in Korea at all."

"I don't think they knew very much about the war in Korea at all."

Peter Scott, English Artist

28

"I talk as I sketch, too, in order to keep their minds off what I'm doing so I'll get the most natural expression I can from them. Also, the talking helps to size up the subject's personality, so I can figure out better how to portray him."

"I talk as I sketch, too, in order to keep their minds off what I'm doing so I'll get the most natural expression I can from them. Also, the talking helps to size up the subject's personality, so I can figure out better how to portray him."

Norman Rockwell, American Artist

Expression, Order, Personality, Talk

28

"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do."

"I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

28

"My intended audience was everybody. I just want to make cartoons for human beings."

"My intended audience was everybody. I just want to make cartoons for human beings."

John Kricfalusi, Canadian Artist

Media, Cartoons, Want

28

"As basic rules of a language must be practiced continually, and therefore are never fixed, so exercises toward distinct color effects never are done or over. New and different cases will be discovered time and again."

"As basic rules of a language must be practiced continually, and therefore are never fixed, so exercises toward distinct color effects never are done or over. New and different cases will be discovered time and again."

Josef Albers, German Artist

Time, Language, Rules, Will

28

"The thinking of John Cage derived from Duchamp and Dada. I was not interested in that."

"The thinking of John Cage derived from Duchamp and Dada. I was not interested in that."

Sol LeWitt, American Artist

28

"You're only dealing with whatever you know, which is a very small part of it and later on it'll look like it has something to do with the period. Obviously, the artists have something to do with one another. They tend to set up certain common qualities among themselves."

"You're only dealing with whatever you know, which is a very small part of it and later on it'll look like it has something to do with the period. Obviously, the artists have something to do with one another. They tend to set up certain common qualities among themselves."

Donald Judd, American Artist

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