Art Quotes

"What do you think of the Sumi-e style of Japanese ink painting?"

"I want to make art that's for everyone."

"The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection."

"I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free."

"Criticism is easy, art is difficult."

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

"The perfection of a sculptor's work is in bringing his clay to life."

"Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art."

"To practice your art, you must understand the soul of mankind."

"The human body is the best picture of the human soul."

"The sculptor's hand follows intellect."

"Art requires not just the hands, but the whole being."

"To create is to commune with the infinite."

"The foundation of all art is truth, and the art of truth is beauty."

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

"I paint myself because I am so often alone and because I am the subject I know best."

"Surrealism is the magical surprise of finding a lion in a wardrobe where you were expecting to find shirts."

"I paint my own reality, the only truth I know."

"I create objects that touch people, that make them laugh or cry or think."

"My work is a reflection of how I survive my own suffering."

"I dress myself as a work of art because my body is a canvas."

"I paint because it allows me to express what my voice cannot."

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

"The human body is a temple, and I worship it through my art."

"Every brushstroke is an act of defiance against my limitations."

"I paint flowers so they will not die."

"The most important person I can paint is myself, honestly and without apology."

"To create beauty from suffering is the highest human calling."

"My art is my prayer, my meditation, my revolution."

"To paint is to breathe, and to stop painting is to stop living."