Art Quotes

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.

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.

A fine artist is one who makes familiar things new and new things familiar.

The world today doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

My mother said to me, “If you become a soldier, you’ll be a general; if you become a monk, you’ll end up as the pope.” Instead, I became a painter, and wound up Picasso.

A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist.