Famous quotes by Artists

Small: I dont think artists are made, I think theyre born
"I don't think artists are made, I think they're born"
Don Van Vliet, Artist
Small: With my voice and my band, I can do anything
"With my voice and my band, I can do anything"
Don Van Vliet, Artist
Small: James Brown is important because he decorates the clock correctly and hes good with lower mathematics. Dont ge
"James Brown is important because he decorates the clock correctly and he's good with lower mathematics. Don't get me wrong - he's good"
Don Van Vliet, Artist
Small: Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better
Henri Matisse
"Instinct must be thwarted just as one prunes the branches of a tree so that it will grow better"
Henri Matisse, Artist
Small: There are always flowers for those who want to see them
Henri Matisse
"There are always flowers for those who want to see them"
Henri Matisse, Artist
Small: The human heart is as a frail craft on which we wish to reach the stars
Giotto di Bondone
"The human heart is as a frail craft on which we wish to reach the stars"
Giotto di Bondone, Artist
Small: Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory
"Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory"
Salvador Dali, Artist
Small: 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, Artist
Small: Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of ones will. Virtue, good, evil ar
Paul Gauguin
"Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them"
Paul Gauguin, Artist
Small: It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object beware of this stumblin
Paul Gauguin
"It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block"
Paul Gauguin, Artist
Small: Civilization is what makes you sick
Paul Gauguin
"Civilization is what makes you sick"
Paul Gauguin, Artist
Small: There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the la
Paul Gauguin
"There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite"
Paul Gauguin, Artist
Small: Concentrate your strengths against your competitors relative weaknesses
Paul Gauguin
"Concentrate your strengths against your competitor's relative weaknesses"
Paul Gauguin, Artist
Small: Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!
Paul Gauguin
"Life is hardly more than a fraction of a second. Such a little time to prepare oneself for eternity!"
Paul Gauguin, Artist
Small: The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of arts audience. Art has increasingly b
Paul Gauguin
"The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public"
Paul Gauguin, Artist
Small: In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet of revolutionary an
Paul Gauguin
"In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet of revolutionary; and it is they alone who are masters"
Paul Gauguin, Artist
Small: Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?
Paul Gauguin
"Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?"
Paul Gauguin, Artist
Small: Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just t
Paul Gauguin
"Stressing output is the key to improving productivity, while looking to increase activity can result in just the opposite"
Paul Gauguin, Artist
Small: Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination do not become the slave of your model
Vincent Van Gogh
"Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model"
Vincent Van Gogh, Artist
Small: Conscience is a mans compass
Vincent Van Gogh
"Conscience is a man's compass"
Vincent Van Gogh, Artist
Small: What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe
"What spirit is so empty and blind, that it cannot recognize the fact that the foot is more noble than the shoe, and skin more beautiful than the garment with which it is clothed?"
Michelangelo, Artist
Small: Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture
"Good painting is the kind that looks like sculpture"
Michelangelo, Artist
Small: If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldnt seem so wonderful at all
"If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all"
Michelangelo, Artist
Small: 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, Artist
Small: Rather than be asked to abandon ones own heritage and to adapt to the mores of the new country, one was expect
"Rather than be asked to abandon one's own heritage and to adapt to the mores of the new country, one was expected to possess a treasure of foreign skills and customs that would enrich the resources of American living"
Rudolf Arnheim, Artist
Small: I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from
John Dyer
"I have been surrounded by artists and paintings throughout my life. My father Ted Dyer is an artist, and from a very early age I have spent time painting and drawing"
John Dyer, Artist
Small: In many instances, order is apprehended first of all by the senses
"In many instances, order is apprehended first of all by the senses"
Rudolf Arnheim, Artist
Small: Today we no longer regard the universe as the cause of our own undeserved troubles but perhaps, on the contrar
"Today we no longer regard the universe as the cause of our own undeserved troubles but perhaps, on the contrary, as the last refuge from the mismanagement of our earthly affairs"
Rudolf Arnheim, Artist
Small: The most amazing thing to me about the sea is the tide. A harbour like St. Ives is totally transformed in a ve
John Dyer
"The most amazing thing to me about the sea is the tide. A harbour like St. Ives is totally transformed in a very short space of time by the arrival or departure of the sea"
John Dyer, Artist
Small: I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of i
John Dyer
"I decided to become a painter when my first four paintings where all published and attracted a great deal of interest. I exhibited one of them and it was sold"
John Dyer, Artist