Art Quotes

"The greatest gift an artist can give is honest reflection of the human condition."

"To paint well, one must learn to see beyond the surface of things."

"The artist's true subject is always the human soul in its infinite variations."

"The language of color transcends words and speaks directly to the soul."

"In the texture of paint, we find the texture of human experience."

"The darkness in painting teaches us as much as the light ever can."

"The soul speaks in languages that words cannot capture."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way."

"Good artists copy, great artists steal."

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

"Colors, like features, follow the changes of the emotions."

"Art is not what you see, but what you make others see."

"It took me a lifetime to learn to paint like a child."

"Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do."

"You don't make art, you find it."

"Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time."

"We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth."

"Bad artists copy, good artists steal, great artists borrow and repay."

"Sculpture is what you bump into when you're backing up to look at a painting."

"Art is not beauty itself, but the search for it."

"In art, intention matters."

"Anything you do from the heart is art."

"Art is mathematics made visible."

"Art allows you to express what words cannot."

"The painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through."

"Every good painter paints what he is, not what he sees."

"Abstract painting is abstract. It confronts you."

"The idea is not to carry on a tradition but to find out where tradition is going."

"Painting is self-discovery. Every stroke tells you something about yourself."