Art Quotes

"The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has." "The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls." "The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude" "I live halfway between reality and theater at all times. And I was born this way." "Artists are here to disturb the peace" "Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners." "A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left" "Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art." "Art is never finished, only abandoned." "I am not one of those who believe that taking drugs produces a permanent bettering of the human mind. Every great writer, every genuine artist, has had the experience of being intoxicated by language." "The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection." "The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of" "A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light" "Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive." "Yes, money is important. But it's all about the creative process" "If the beat is time, flow is what we do with that time." "I dream my painting and I paint my dream" "The more I think about it, the more I realize there is nothing more artistic than to love others" "Painting is a blind man's profession. He paints not what he sees, but what he feels, what he tells himself about what he has seen." "I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free."