- Art finds its food everywhere.~ Danish Proverb
- If you fail to practice your art, it will soon disappear.~ German Proverb
- Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.~ Andy Warhol
- Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. ~ Henry Ward Beecher
- Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ~ Scott Adams
- Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. ~ Twyla Tharp
- The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. ~ William Faulkner
- Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. ~ Pablo Picasso
- Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. ~ Stella Adler
- Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen. ~ Leonardo da Vinci
- To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts – such is the duty of the artist. ~ Schumann
- I don’t paint things. I only paint the difference between things. ~ Henri Matisse
- The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep. ~ Paul Strand
- All art requires courage. ~ Anne Tucker
- Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do. ~ Edgar Degas
- Anyone who says you can’t see a thought simply doesn’t know art. ~ Wynetka Ann Reynolds
- Art is man’s nature: Nature is God’s art.~ Philip James Bailey
- Great art picks up where nature ends. ~ Marc Chagall
- Art consists of limitation. The most beautiful part of every picture is the frame. ~ G.K. Chesterton
- What art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit. ~ John Updike
- No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. ~ Oscar Wilde
