Famous Artist Quotes
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself.
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.
To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.
Is an artist much more than a beggar?
Color is the keyboard, the eyes are the harmonies, the soul is the piano with many strings. The artist is the hand that plays, touching one key or another, to cause vibrations in the soul.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.
The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.
The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.