The artist does not see Nature as she appears to the vulgar, because his emotion reveals to him the hidden truths beneath appearances.
Art Quotes
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.
All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music, because, in its ideal, consummate moments, the end is not distinct from the means, the form from the matter, the subject from the expression; and to it therefore, to the condition of its perfect moments, all the arts may be supposed constantly to tend and aspire.
We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.
Great artists need great clients.
God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant and the cat. He has no real style, He just goes on trying other things.
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
A Picasso original costs several thousand dollars and that’s a luxury I cannot afford.
I used to draw like Raphael, but it has taken me a whole lifetime to learn to draw like a child.
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
