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"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

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"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

24

"Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested in photography at that time that I really would have preferred to work with Stryker than with my department, which was more artistic if you wish."

"Now, when I came on to Washington to begin my job, I was so interested in photography at that time that I really would have preferred to work with Stryker than with my department, which was more artistic if you wish."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

Time, Work, Job, Now

24

"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

24

"I was brought in, not in the photographic department at all, I was brought in on a thing called Special Skills. I was to do posters, pamphlets, murals, propaganda in general, you know."

"I was brought in, not in the photographic department at all, I was brought in on a thing called Special Skills. I was to do posters, pamphlets, murals, propaganda in general, you know."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

Art, Propaganda

24

"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

24

"Therefore we have to go over the fact that all human beings are afraid by what is new. It is our work to convince them that they will enjoy it, and even if they don't, to allow us just for 14 days to create that work of art."

"Therefore we have to go over the fact that all human beings are afraid by what is new. It is our work to convince them that they will enjoy it, and even if they don't, to allow us just for 14 days to create that work of art."

Christo, Bulgarian Artist

Art, Work, Fact, Will

24

"Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new, but it's been around as long as literature has been around."

"Magic Realism is not new. The label's new, the specific Latin American form of it is new, its modern popularity is new, but it's been around as long as literature has been around."

Terri Windling, American Artist

Magic, Literature, Popularity

24

"I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality."

"I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality."

Frida Kahlo, Mexican Artist

Dream, Dreams, Reality

24

"I have sworn to die painting."

"I have sworn to die painting."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

24

"Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't."

"Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't."

Don Van Vliet, American Artist

Fun, Funny, England

24

"I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it."

"I seated ugliness on my knee, and almost immediately grew tired of it."

Salvador Dali, Spanish Artist

24

"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

24

"Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad."

"Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad."

Salvador Dali, Spanish Artist

Art, Honesty, Possibility, Cheating

24

"Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing."

"Film is changing, and it can't help but keep changing."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

24

"One eye sees, the other feels."

"One eye sees, the other feels."

Paul Klee, Swiss Artist

Perception, Eye

24

"I still love to look at photographs but I couldn't do it myself anymore."

"I still love to look at photographs but I couldn't do it myself anymore."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

24

"I need to work to feel well."

"I need to work to feel well."

Edouard Manet, French Artist

24

"A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth."

"A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth."

John Singer Sargent, American Artist

Painting, Wrong

24

"Allan had come down wanting to do some sort of crucial music and I'd been involved in so-called Art Music and wanted to explore other areas - we were approaching it in some quite tongue-in-cheek ways and we had a lot of fun - we spent more time laughing than playing music."

"Allan had come down wanting to do some sort of crucial music and I'd been involved in so-called Art Music and wanted to explore other areas - we were approaching it in some quite tongue-in-cheek ways and we had a lot of fun - we spent more time laughing than playing music."

Jamie Muir, British Artist

Art, Music, Time, Fun

24

"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings."

"Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings."

Salvador Dali, Spanish Artist

Intelligence, Ambition

24

"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

24

"Learning never exhausts the mind."

"Learning never exhausts the mind."

Leonardo da Vinci, Italian Artist

24

"So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple."

"So smoking is the perfect way to commit suicide without actually dying. I smoke because it's bad, it's really simple."

Damien Hirst, British Artist

Dying, Smoking, Suicide

23

"I am still learning."

"I am still learning."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

23

"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

23

"My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness."

"My soul can find no staircase to Heaven unless it be through Earth's loveliness."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

Soul, Earth, Heaven

23

"Every man is an artist."

"Every man is an artist."

Joseph Beuys, German Artist

Creativity, Man

23

"Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone's got to take care of all your details."

"Dying is the most embarrassing thing that can ever happen to you, because someone's got to take care of all your details."

Andy Warhol, American Artist

23

"Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence."

"Perfectly ordered disorder designed with a helter-skelter magnificence."

Emily Carr, Canadian Artist

Disorder, Magnificence

23

"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark."

"The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark."

Michelangelo, Italian Artist

23

"Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision."

"Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision."

Salvador Dali, Spanish Artist

Vision, Surrealism

23

"And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is the same."

"And so my militant philosophy is this: to make with a brush on canvas is a simple direct delight-to make with the movie is the same."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

Delight, Philosophy

23

"Color is born of the interpenetration of light and dark."

"Color is born of the interpenetration of light and dark."

Sam Francis, American Artist

23

"Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel."

"Colors must fit together as pieces in a puzzle or cogs in a wheel."

Hans Hofmann, German Artist

23

"My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature in a city, and I do not mean its parks but a deeper understanding that a city is nature too-the ground upon which it is built, the stone with which it is made."

"My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature in a city, and I do not mean its parks but a deeper understanding that a city is nature too-the ground upon which it is built, the stone with which it is made."

Andy Goldsworthy, British Artist

Nature, Art, Time, Growth

23

"Unlike the expressionists, I have never been interested in renewing the world through the vehicle of art."

"Unlike the expressionists, I have never been interested in renewing the world through the vehicle of art."

Georg Baselitz, German Artist

23

"If the weather is good I go into the nearby wood - there I am painting a small beech forest (in the sun) with a few conifers mixed in. This takes until 8 'o clock."

"If the weather is good I go into the nearby wood - there I am painting a small beech forest (in the sun) with a few conifers mixed in. This takes until 8 'o clock."

Gustav Klimt, Austrian Artist

Painting, Weather, Wood

23

"There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it."

"There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it."

H. R. Giger, Swiss Artist

23

"Bach almost persuades me to be a Christian."

"Bach almost persuades me to be a Christian."

Roger Fry, English Artist

23

"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

23

"In any art movement, the art has to move into a new phase - a filmmaker has a desire to make a film that is not like a previous film."

"In any art movement, the art has to move into a new phase - a filmmaker has a desire to make a film that is not like a previous film."

Norman McLaren, Scottish Artist

Art, Desire, Film

23

"The other work we started in 1992, it is called Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River in the state of Colorado, we haven't got the permit yet. And, we are working at both of those, trying to get the permit. Therefore, we do not know which one will be realized next."

"The other work we started in 1992, it is called Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River in the state of Colorado, we haven't got the permit yet. And, we are working at both of those, trying to get the permit. Therefore, we do not know which one will be realized next."

Christo, Bulgarian Artist

Work, Project, State, Trying

22

"Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it."

"Color does not add a pleasant quality to design - it reinforces it."

Pierre Bonnard, French Artist

Design, Quality

22

"When I got the phrase media whore thrown in my face last year, I thought, Oh my God, if you only knew."

"When I got the phrase media whore thrown in my face last year, I thought, Oh my God, if you only knew."

Tracey Emin, English Artist

God, Thought, Media

22

"I did take my camera along, as I felt there wouldn't be enough time to draw the things I wanted to do. I did some drawing and did a lot of photography but I was not part of Stryker's outfit at all."

"I did take my camera along, as I felt there wouldn't be enough time to draw the things I wanted to do. I did some drawing and did a lot of photography but I was not part of Stryker's outfit at all."

Ben Shahn, Lithuanian Artist

Time, Photography

22

"I'd be interested to read Gull's paper on it, and I wish Alan would put it in somewhere. It gives him a relevance to our times, which he doesn't otherwise have. Gull, I mean, not Alan."

"I'd be interested to read Gull's paper on it, and I wish Alan would put it in somewhere. It gives him a relevance to our times, which he doesn't otherwise have. Gull, I mean, not Alan."

Eddie Campbell, Scottish Artist

22

"It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception."

"It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception."

Robert Motherwell, American Artist

Art, Deep, Examination, May

22

"I think that zinc white has a property of scaling and cracking."

"I think that zinc white has a property of scaling and cracking."

Edward Hopper, American Artist

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