Art Quotes

"When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one's imagination."

"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others."

"A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas."

"Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees."

"An empty canvas is full."

"I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own."

"If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced."

"Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding."

"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."

"Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love."

"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude."

"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery."

"With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft."

"The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls."

"I will preach with my brush."

"A man paints with his brains and not with his hands."

"This world is but a canvas to our imagination."

"Impressionism; it is the birth of Light in painting."

"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for."

"Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture."

"Paint the essential character of things."

"You don't take a photograph, you make it."

"Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep."

"Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse."

"Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame."

"The task of art today is to bring chaos into order."

"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance."

"I really believe there are things nobody would see if I didn't photograph them."

"The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity."

"Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures."