14,373 Quotes About Art

No object is so ugly that, under certain conditions of light and shade, or proximity to other things, it will not look beautiful; no object is so beautiful that, under certain conditions, it will not look ugly. I believe that in every twenty-four hours what is beautiful looks ugly, and what is ugly looks beautiful, once.

Do not wait for life to be picturesque, but try and see life under picturesque conditions.

Ordinary people are products of their environment and fit in. Artists transcend their environment and stand out.

If it sells, it's art.

We never know what an artist is going to do. Of course not. The artist is not a specialist. All such divisions as animal painters, landscape painters, painters of Scotch cattle in an English mist, painters of English cattle in a Scotch mist, racehorse painters, bull-terrier painters, all are shallow. If a man is an artist he can paint everything.

A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods.

Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself.

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea.

There are many reasons for the outward appearance of my works of art but the main one is the well-thought-out reason for creating them in the first place, as a consequence, there’s no middle ground when it comes to my style. Either you love it or loathe it, whatever the outcome, both flatter me.