cancel
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Add an ART Quote

I thought it would be nice to share some of our favorite Art Quotes. I have so many..but I thought these 2 everyone might appreciate. :) Harriet Don't be an art critic, but paint, there lies salvation. A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art. both by Paul Cezanne
Message 1 of 31
latest reply
30 REPLIES 30

Add an ART Quote

All we see or seem is but a dream within a dream. I think that was Edgar Allen Poe, could be wrong...:)
Message 2 of 31
latest reply

Add an ART Quote

Emily, Your right...it's Poe. O...now that is one of my very favorite poems! Harriet
Message 3 of 31
latest reply

Add an ART Quote

"If people only knew how hard I work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all." ~ Michelangelo Buonarroti
Message 4 of 31
latest reply

Add an ART Quote

I don't know who said it, but 'Fake it until you make it' works a lot for me. HA! :D as well as ... 'Just do it' - kinda like 'feel the pain, but do it anyway'(Conquering the angst of failure) There is another that is something like.... Talent on it's own is not enough. It requires time and work.
~Jillian

artist, Jillian Crider

... google me!
Message 5 of 31
latest reply

Add an ART Quote

"Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life" - Picasso
 photo Di1-1.jpg
Message 6 of 31
latest reply

Add an ART Quote

Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye.. it also includes the inner pictures of the soul. Edward Munch
Message 7 of 31
latest reply

Add an ART Quote

Another Michelangelo quote: "I am still learning." ;) xo - Chel
Chel
Message 8 of 31
latest reply

Add an ART Quote

I love the Picasso quote! I'm looking forward to reading more. :)
Message 9 of 31
latest reply

Add an ART Quote

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint. Rene Magritte I gave up a 20 year nursing career, I'd better make this work (skyM) Thought I would offer up one of my favorites and then one of my own. lol Mine stems from members of my family that don't feel "being an artist" is a real job! oh yes and a pic
Message 10 of 31
latest reply

Add an ART Quote

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others: Albert Camus
Message 11 of 31
latest reply

Add an ART Quote

If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced: Vincent Van Gogh
Message 12 of 31
latest reply

Add an ART Quote

The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work: Emile Zola
Message 13 of 31
latest reply

Add an ART Quote

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do: Edgar Degas
Message 14 of 31
latest reply

Add an ART Quote

and one of my all time favourites Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal: Lionel Trilling
Message 15 of 31
latest reply