“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” ArtPhilosophyArtistActingCreativityArt IsPhilosophicalAimAppearanceArtisticSignificanceInwardRepresentationGreat ArtWise Man Once SaidGreat ArtistFine ArtsArt WorldCreative ArtArt HistoryFamous ArtistGreek PhilosopherCreative LifeArt And ArtistsArt And CreativityInspirational ArtistCreative ExpressionArtists And CreativityInspirational ArtCreating ArtFine ArtistsArt GalleriesArt TeacherPhysical AppearanceOutward AppearanceCreative SpiritNature And ArtWoman ArtistInspiring ArtConceptual ArtBest ArtistArtistic ProcessBest ArtInspiration And ArtInspiring ArtistMusic ArtistBashfulnessArtists And LifeOutward BeautyArt TherapyPublic ArtArt Expression Author:Aristotle
“Think about it: you've already related it down to something that somebody else can understand. If art relates to something - it's like Picasso, it's like Mondrian - it's not. Art's supposed to be what it is. Using a reference of art history might help for some kind of sales, but it doesn't really help anybody. Art is what it is; it cannot be footnoted, until it enters the world. Then it has a history. Then the footnotes are the history, not the explanation.” IfsThinkingWorldKindArtHelpingMightArt IsSupposed To BeRelateExplanationRelatedArt HistoryFootnotes Author:Lawrence Weiner
“Contemporary art is based on that an artist is supposed to go into art history in the same way as an art historian. When the artist produces something he or she relates to it with the eye of an art historian/critic. I have the feeling that when I am working it is more like working with soap opera or glamour. It is emotional and not art criticism or history of art.” WayArtFeelingsEyeArtistProduceEmotionalArt IsCriticismCriticsContemporaryRelateWorking ItHistorianOperaSoapGlamourArt HistorySoap OperasContemporary Art Author:Odd Nerdrum
“What's important about the artists we learn about in art history and see in all the art books is that they have somehow pushed the boundaries of what people think art is or should be, and that's how they've made their work relevant. That's what I'm trying to figure out for myself.” PeopleThinkingShouldTryingArtMadeImportantBookArtistFiguresArt IsBoundariesRelevantWhat's ImportantArt History Author:Kadir Nelson
“In the USA, we learn "art history" as Western art history, and the history of Asian, or African art is a special case; we learn politics by examining our own government system, and consider other systems special cases, and the same is true of philosophy.” ArtPhilosophyGovernmentCasesSpecialArt IsWesternUsaAsianExaminingArt History Author:Jay L. Garfield
“Art history is fine. I mean, that's a discipline. Art history is art history, and you start from the beginning and you end up in artist in time. But art is a little bit different. Art is a conversation. And if there's no conversation, what the hell is it about?” IfsMeanLittlesArtDifferentEndsArtistBitsHellFineDisciplineConversationLittle BitArt IsArt History Author:Lawrence Weiner
“I mean, part of the justification for art is art history, the fact that you're part of this tradition. You can't really operate outside of it. So looking for what this work is really about, if I look at Velázquez, if I look at Las Meninas or The Tapestry Weavers [1657] or something and really study it and try to figure out what that painting is really about, then I find relationships between what I'm trying to do and what he was doing.” IfsTryingLooksMeanArtFactsStudyFiguresPaintingArt IsTraditionJustificationTapestryArt HistoryWeavers Author:Robert Barry
“The contest between form and content is what, is what art is about - it's art history. That's what basically everybody has ever contended with. The problem is uniquely complex in still photography.” ArtStillsProblemFormPhotographyArt IsComplexesContestsArt History Author:Garry Winogrand
“When you study art history, you learn that there is very little that is completely new, and in many ways digital art is no different. I love to derive inspiration from all types of images: mosaics, hieroglyphics, petroglyphs, woven patterns in textiles, and needlework. There is a lot of very good "pixel" design work before the 20th century, like a 1760 sampler by Elizabeth Laidman that looks like a bitmap font.” ArtDifferentInspirationStudyDesignArt IsVery Good20th CenturyArt History Author:Susan Kare
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” ArtPoetryArtistFeltCreativityDesignPaintingArt IsDrawingPainterPoetry IsFine ArtsCreative ArtArt HistoryFamous ArtistCreative ArtistsArt And MusicArt And ArtistsArt MusicInspirational ArtistInspirational ArtFine ArtistsFavorite ArtistInspiring ArtPainting ArtPainting And ArtInspiration And ArtInspiring ArtistMusic ArtistDrawing And PaintingArt InspirationPassion For ArtPainting And DrawingPainting And Poetry Author:Leonardo da Vinci
“When I judge art, I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes, it is not art.” IfsArtMadeNextTreeDesignObjectsPaintingJudgingFlowerArt IsCriticismCriticsClashArt HistoryArt Making Author:Paul Cezanne