From the article: Artists Quotes About Color
Do you have a favorite art quote, one you've stuck up on your easel to remind you every day? Is it something an artist said, or something an art critic said about a painter? Whatever it is, share it here so others can find inspiration in it too. Share Your Art Quote
Favorite Art Quote
- "Remember that the art is in the practice, not in the final result"; from Stefan Baumann's "The Grand View".
- —winterart2010
Art Quote
- "When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: 'Only stand out of my light.' Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light." -- John W Gardner.
- —Guest Karen Kariotis
Transcendental Transportation
- Dali said: "There are some days an angel is close to me, and some other days, 'he' is not."
- —yover
Life
- Unlike life, Art gives us the ability to make a mistake over and over until the picture is perfect.
- —Guest Craig Isreal
Art Professor on Art
- " He who sees beautifully and reveals beautifully does so less by virtue of any special eye or hand and more by virtue of an inner light and fire. The highest aspiration of the creative artist should be to reveal those extensive emotions and insights which endure within him." - Richard Guggenheimer
- —Guest Anne
Imagination in the Dark
- "You need a room with no view so memory can meet imagination in the dark." Annie Dillard
- —Rai
Keeping the Right Mistakes
- "Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep." Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert cartoons
- —paintingperson10
