14,373 Quotes About Art

Creativity is like a compass, each one has its own, and all point to the North.

Art is my source of Ambition.

In the turbulent art arena they all pitch in and do their dubious and mercantile part in the rocambolesque saga of the art since so many judge art with their ears and the sound of the money. (“When is art?”)

Not all of us are inspired by the same things, nor do we have the same level of expression.

I don't make much of a living, but I do live much of a making.

Je cherche le caractère dans chaque matière. Or le caractère de la céramique de gris est le sentiment du grand feu, et cette figure [sculpture] calcinée dans cet enfer, en exprime je crois assez fortement le caractère.I look for the character of each medium. The character of stoneware is that of a very hot fire, and this figure [sculpture] that has been scorched in the ovens of hell is I think a strong expression of this character.

A veces en las tardes una caraNos mira desde el fondo de un espejo;El arte debe ser como ese espejoQue nos revela nuestra propia cara.(At times in the evenings a faceLooks at us out of the depths of a mirror;Art should be like that mirrorWhich reveals to us our own face.)

Art is a luxury, not a necessity. One can be happy and fulfilled without art in one's life just as one can be happy and fulfilled without religion.

To express the love of two lovers by the marriage of two complementary colours, their blending and their contrast, the mysterious vibrations of related tones. To express the thought of a brow by the radiance of a light tone against a dark background. To express hope by some star. Someone's passion by the radiance of the setting sun. That's certainly no realistic trompe l'oeil, but something that really exists, isn't it?