No art can be noble which is incapable of expressing thought, and no art is capable of expressing thought which does not change.
Art Quotes
The artist does not see Nature as she appears to the vulgar, because his emotion reveals to him the hidden truths beneath appearances.
Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts, the book of their deeds, the book of their words and the book of their art. Not one of these books can be understood unless we read the two others, but of the three the only trustworthy one is the last.
It ought to be illegal for an artist to marry… If the artist must marry let him find someone more interested in art, or his art, or the artist part of him, than in him. After which let them take tea together three times a week.
I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don’t need.
The artist needs but a roof, a crust of bread, and his easel, and all the rest God gives him in abundance. He must live to paint and not paint to live.
Less disappointing than life, great works of art do not begin by giving us all their best.
The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.
Art and science are two sides of the same coin. Science is a discipline pursued with passion; art is a passion pursued with discipline. At pursuing both, I’ve had a lot of fun.
Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.
