Inspirational Quotes

Art

Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.

Every picture shows a spot with which the artist has fallen in love.

-Alfred Sisley

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An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.

An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.

-Willem de Kooning

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It’s clever, but is it Art?

It’s clever, but is it Art?

-Rudyard Kipling

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It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.

It may be that the deep necessity of art is the examination of self-deception.

-Robert Motherwell

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With an apple I will astonish Paris.

With an apple I will astonish Paris.

-Paul Cezanne

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The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart

The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart

-George Sand

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The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature.

The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature.

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Art is not boosterism, it’s not propaganda, and it’s not spin, but that’s not something that art does, and nor has it historically ever done it.

Art is not boosterism, it’s not propaganda, and it’s not spin, but that’s not something that art does, and nor has it historically ever done it.

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Any art worth its name requires you to be fundamentally lost for a very long time.

Any art worth its name requires you to be fundamentally lost for a very long time.

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Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.

Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.

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How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?

How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?

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One of the things you’re doing when you make art, apart from entertaining yourself and other people, is trying to see what ways of working feel good, what feels right.

One of the things you’re doing when you make art, apart from entertaining yourself and other people, is trying to see what ways of working feel good, what feels right.

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The work of art is a scream of freedom.

The work of art is a scream of freedom.

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At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art.

At the beginning of the 20th century, the ambition of the great painters was to make paintings that were like music, which was then considered as the noblest art.

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With today’s fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You can abuse the film and create subtleties in contrast with light and exposure, diffusion and filters. That’s what makes it an art.

With today’s fast films, you can light the way your eye sees the scene. You can abuse the film and create subtleties in contrast with light and exposure, diffusion and filters. That’s what makes it an art.

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I’m a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he’s doing. I have a heart and a soul and I want to touch people and give.

I’m a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he’s doing. I have a heart and a soul and I want to touch people and give.

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The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.

The strangeness will wear off and I think we will discover the deeper meanings in modern art.

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The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

The most momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

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For me, pointing and clicking my phone is absolutely fine. People say that isn’t the art of photography but I don’t agree.

For me, pointing and clicking my phone is absolutely fine. People say that isn’t the art of photography but I don’t agree.

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If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust.

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