art Quotes and Sayings

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires. by Hedy Lamarr A picture is a poem without words. by Horace An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness. by Henry Miller Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. Last night somebody broke into my apartment and replaced everything with exact duplicates... When I pointed it out to my roommate, he said, 'Do I know you?' An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs. Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. by Gilbert K. Chesterton Architecture is the art of how to waste space. Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything. by Gustave Flaubert Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. by Henry Ward Beecher A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world. "Painting in watercolor is like walking a tight-rope; one must achieve a perfect balance between what the paint wants to do and what the artist wants to do, or all is lost." Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. by Pablo Picasso I don't want to be interesting. I want to be good Hard work never killed anybody, but why take a chance?