An artist that makes art merely to meet a demand is a slave to what his patrons wants to see, or, hear.
Artists must remain in a state of awe to remain artists.
Innocence was gone from all our acts. Our habitual state of rebellion became a serious political crime.
The best artists know what to leave out.
I paint the stuff I see when my eyes are closed
Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; united with it, she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels.
The suprematist must have a superior knowledge of understanding. With out that, their art is powerless
A great magician is as divine as God and his stage is as majestic as the paradise.
Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible.
I appreciated art, long before I could produce it.
Not only the artist watches his art with admiration but his art also watches his artist with admiration!
Artist communities love to bullshit each other and glad-hand one another, and there's no room for the crippling honesty of comedy."I'm a painter" -- well... you don't...probably need to do that.. . ....
We can never be entirely original, as artists or as people. The genius and vision of those who came before us is too great for us to digress from entirely. Though, as creatures that are compelled to t...
Well, Daddy, I used to believe that artists went crazy in the process of creating the beautiful works of art that kept society sane. Nowadays, though, artists make intentionally ugly art that’s only s...
If you are really bored with life, just meet a decent magician and have a close up magic show, he will restore inspiration in your life.
An artist is like a handicaphe needs his art to carry himself.
From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them.
If both the performer and audience are on the same plane then it's not ART but SCIENCE, for ART is a personal expression that varies from one individual to another, while SCIENCE commands uniformity &...
The motivation of all artists is 'Look at me, Mum'.
Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.