The whole of art is an appeal to a reality which is not without us but in our minds.
Art Quotes
The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of our artists are nothing else.
As for the degenerate artists, I forbid them to force their so-called experiences upon the public. If they do see fields blue, they are deranged, and should go to an asylum. If the only pretend to see them blue, they are criminals, and should go to prison. I will purge the nation of them, and […]
In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.
No more than a famous master can be replaced and another take over the completion of the half-finished painting he has left behind can the great poet and thinker, the great statesman and the great soldier, be replaced. For their activity lies always in the province of art. It is not mechanically trained but inborn […]
A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.
If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He’s not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he’s really needed.
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.
Creativity is discontent translated into arts.
Art is either a plagiarist or a revolutionist.
