Quotes about art
art creating effort
All my efforts go into creating an art that can be understood by everyone. Henri Matisse
art reality stronger
Truth and reality in art begin at the point where the artist ceases to understand what he is doing and capable of doing - yet feels in himself a force that becomes steadily stronger... and more concentrated.
art understanding painting
What's so astonishing about not understanding? There are so many things in art, beginning with art itself, that one doesn't understand. A painter doesn't see everything that he has put in his painting.
art color joy
Modern art spreads joy around by its color, which calms us.
art america foundation
The Barnes Foundation is the only sane place to see art in America.
art giving greater
...The more a picture has to give, the greater it is.
art ideas driven
...I am driven on by an idea that I really only grasp as it grows with the picture.
art reality stronger
In art, truth and reality begin when one no longer understands what one is doing or what one knows, and when there remains an energy that is all the stronger for being constrained, controlled and compressed.
artist self discovery
An artist is an explorer. He has to begin by self-discovery and by observation of his own procedure. After that he must not feel under any constraint.
art prison arrivals
Arrival = Prison, and the artist must never be a prisoner.
artistic should impress
A work should contain its total meaning within itself and should impress it on the spectator before he even knows the subject.
artist originals
The truly original artist invents his own signs.
art artist creation
Creation is the artist's true function; where there is no creation there is no art.
art style etc
An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.
art vision world
I would like to recapture that freshness of vision which is characteristic of extreme youth when all the world is new to it.
art cutting color
Cutting into color reminds me of the sculptor's direct carving.
art want condensation
I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture.
art color energy
With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft.
art color importance
Seek the strongest color effect possible... the content is of no importance.
art quality special
The portrait is one of the most curious art forms. It demands special qualities in the artist, and an almost total kinship with the model.
art cures
Work cures everything.
art flower history
There is nothing more difficult for a truly creative painter than to paint a rose, because before he can do so he has first to forget all the roses that were ever painted.
art rooms mystery
Would not it be best to leave room to mystery?
art struggle wages
Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium.
artist men imagination
A distinction is made between artists who work directly from nature and those who work purely from imagination. Neither if these methods should be preferred to the exclusion of the other. Often both are used in turn by the same man...
art landscape figures
What interests me most is neither still life nor landscape: it is the human figure.
artist done satisfaction
Above all, an artist must never be too easily satisfied with what he has done...
artist explorers
An artist is an explorer.
art reality resistance
Truth and reality in art do not arise until you no longer understand what you are doing and are capable of but nevertheless sense a power that grows in proportion to your resistance.
art mind goldfish
I wouldn't mind turning into a vermilion goldfish.
art emotional feelings
I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.
art buddhist prayer
I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer.
art love-is alaska
You study, you learn, but you guard the original naivete. It has to be within you, as desire for drink is within the drunkard or love is within the lover.