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
A sincere artist is not one who makes a faithful attempt to put on to canvas what is in front of him, but
one who tries to create something which is, in itself, a living thing . . . William Dobell
I'm painting an idea not an ideal. Basically I'm trying to paint a structured painting full of controlled, and
therefore potent, emotion . . . Euan Uglow
All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness . . . Eckhart Tolle
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The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. ~Aristotle
While I recognize the necessity for a basis of observed reality... true art lies in a reality that is felt. ~Odilon
Redon
Art is not a thing; it is a way. ~Elbert Hubbard
The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do? ~Pablo Picasso
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words
for. ~Georgia O'Keeffe
Anyone who says you can't see a thought simply doesn't know art. ~Wynetka Ann Reynolds
All art requires courage. ~Anne Tucker
Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail. ~Theodore Dreiser,
Life, Art, and America, 1917
Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.
~Isaac Bashevis Singer
Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives
in. ~Amy Lowell
It has been said that art is a tryst, for in the joy of it maker and beholder meet. ~Kojiro Tomita
Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. ~Stella Adler
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. ~Pablo Picasso
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. ~Twyla Tharp
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ~Scott Adams
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. ~Henry Ward
Beecher
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