Sunday, November 23, 2008

My Favorite Art Quotes

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do. Edgar Degas

I certainly hope to sell in the course of time, but I think I shall be able to influence it most effectively by working steadily on, and that at the present moment making desperate efforts to force the work I am doing now upon the public would be pretty useless.
Vincent Van Gogh

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.
Henri Matisse

I dream a lot. I do more painting when I'm not painting. It's in the subconscious. Andrew Wyeth

Trust in the Lord with all your heart; do not depend on your own understanding. Prov. 3:5

Every good painter paints what he is. Jackson Pollock

What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue. Henri Matisse

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection. Michelangelo

The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference. Elie Wiesel

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