Famous Artist Quotes – Insights from Creative Minds
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. – Henry Ward Beecher
Art is not what you see, but what you make others see. – Edgar Degas
Creativity takes courage. – Henri Matisse
The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. – Michelangelo
Every artist was first an amateur. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. – Pablo Picasso
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. – Oscar Wilde
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. – Thomas Merton
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. – Emile Zola
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. – Pablo Picasso
Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. – Cesar A. Cruz
Art is not freedom from disciplines but disciplined freedom. – John F. Kennedy
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. – Aristotle
Every artist grows tired of his work, and longs for refreshment. – Leonardo da Vinci
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better. – Andre Gide
To be an artist is to believe in life. – Henry Moore
Art is not a thing; it is a way. – Elbert Hubbard
Art is the most beautiful of all lies. – Claude Debussy
Every artist was first an amateur. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth. – Pablo Picasso
Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known. – Oscar Wilde
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. – Thomas Merton
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work. – Emile Zola
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls. – Pablo Picasso
Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable. – Cesar A. Cruz
Art is not freedom from disciplines but disciplined freedom. – John F. Kennedy
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. – Aristotle
Every artist grows tired of his work, and longs for refreshment. – Leonardo da Vinci
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better. – Andre Gide
To be an artist is to believe in life. – Henry Moore
Art is not a thing; it is a way. – Elbert Hubbard
Art is the most beautiful of all lies. – Claude Debussy
The purpose of art is to give voice to the voiceless. – Jerzy Grotowski
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. – Twyla Tharp
Art is not about what you see, but what you make others see. – Georgia O’Keeffe
Art speaks where words are unable to explain. – Mathiole
Art is the lie that reveals the truth. – Jonathon Keats
Art is the purest expression of the human soul. – Wang Guangyi
Art is not a mirror to reflect reality, but a hammer with which to shape it. – Bertolt Brecht
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. – Thomas Merton
A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light. – Leonardo da Vinci
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. – Henry Ward Beecher
Art evokes the mystery without which the world would not exist. – Rene Magritte
Art is a lie that makes us realize truth. – Pablo Picasso
The purpose of art is to make the invisible visible. – Paul Klee