You see these fish carved finely in relief by Phidian art? Add water; they will swim.
Art Quotes
In art, all who have done something other than their predecessors have merited the epithet of revolutionary; and it is they alone who are masters.
Art consists in so depicting the common events of life as to bring out the features which illustrate the author’s idiosyncratic mode of regard.
The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed – it is a process of elimination.
Art arises when the secret vision of the artist and the manifestation of nature agree to find new shapes.
A sailor complained to Picasso that his paintings were not realistic, and then took out a tiny snapshot of his child for the painter to see. Picasso squinted seriously at the snapshot and handed it back to the father, merely saying, “Small, isn’t she?”
There is perhaps, no more dangerous man in the world than the man with the sensibilities of an artist but without creative talent. With luck such men make wonderful theatrical impresarios and interior decorators, or else they become mass murderers or critics. (Dame Edna)
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
I don’t mind being miserable as long as I’m painting well.
“You don’t like van Gogh?” he countered. “Then name me six of his paintings and tell me why you don’t like them.” I couldn’t, of course. And he said, “Leave the room, and until you know what you’re talking about, don’t come back with your opinions to the dinner table.” (speaking of her father John […]
