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Art Quotes Published in September 2003
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Art
Quotes for September 29
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When
I paint, the sea roars. The others splash
about in the bath.
::: Salvador
Dali :::
One day it will have to be officially
admitted that what we have christened
reality is an even greater illusion
than the world of dreams.
::: Salvador
Dali ::: |
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Art
Quotes for September 26
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My
opinion is that the best thing would
be to work on till art lovers
feel drawn toward it of their own accord,
instead of having to praise or to explain
it.
::: Vincent
van Gogh :::
The desire to survive and the fear of
death are artistic sentiments.
::: Salvador
Dali ::: |
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Art
Quotes for September 19
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When
you're very young, you suddenly find
this marvellous freedom, it's quite
exciting, and you're prepared to do
anything.
::: David
Hockney :::
He was my one and only master!.. I spent
years studying them.. Cezanne! He was
like the father of us all.
::: Pablo
Picasso ::: |
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Art
Quotes for September 17
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The
Louvre is the book in which we learn
to read.
::: Paul
Cezanne :::
All art intuitively apprehends coming
changes in the collective unconsciousness.
::: Carl
Gustav Jung ::: |
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Art
Quotes for September 15
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Warhol
turned to photographs of stars, as the
Renaissance turned to antiquities, to
find images of gods.
::: David
Sylvester :::
Fantasizing about the future is one
of my favourite pastimes..
::: Richard
Branson ::: |
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Art
Quotes for September 12
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Cezanne,
you see, is a sort of God of painting.
::: Henri
Matisse :::
It took me 40 years to find out that
painting is not sculpture.
::: Paul
Cezanne ::: |
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Art
Quotes for September 10
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I
have always tried to hide my own efforts
and wished my works to have the lightness
and joyousness of a springtime which
never lets anyone suspect the labours
it cost.
::: Henri
Matisse :::
No amount of money, no matter how much
it is, will ever compensate you sufficiently
for remaining in a job that is drudgery
and robs you of your spirit, or one
that prevents you from fulfilling a
dream.
::: John
Kehoe ::: |
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Art
Quotes for September 8
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Painting
is stronger than me, it makes me do
its bidding.
::: Pablo
Picasso :::
I am rather like travelling salesman.
I deal in ideas. I do much more for
people than just paint them pictures.
::: Martin
Kippenberger ::: |
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Art
Quotes for September 5
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A
lady friend of mine asked me,
"Well, what do you love most?"
That's how I started painting money.
::: Andy
Warhol :::
Make sure you love art and don't do
it if you don't, because you'll be found
out. Don't listen to the teachers. And
feel it. Do it because you can't do
anything else. Once you've decided,
don't do anything else, because as someone
once said, "art is long".
::: David
Larwill ::: |
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Art
Quotes for September 3
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When
I paint I am ageless, I just have the
pleasure or the difficulty of painting.
::: Francis
Bacon :::
The creative process is a cocktail of
instinct, skill, culture and a highly
creative feverishness. It is not like
a drug; it is a particular state when
everything happens very quickly, a mixture
of consciousness and unconsciousness,
of fear and pleasure; it’s a little
like making love, the physical act of
love.
::: Francis
Bacon ::: |
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