“Beauty, therefore, for the modern and postmodern artist has become a highly dubious metaphor for a discredited belief system.” ArtistBeliefBeautyModernMetaphorBelief SystemsModern ArtDubiousPostmodern Author:John Walford
“There's no greatest moment in the arts. It's a life; it's a continuity thing. You can't have a great moment because it's spiritual. It's a belief; it's a calling. If you're an artist, doing your own thing on your own, it's while you're doing it that counts. It's a process. If you get too elated, you can get too depressed.” IfsArtMomentsSpiritualArtistSpiritualityBeliefProcessCallingContinuityGreat MomentsDoing Your Own Thing Author:LeRoy Neiman
“Contrary to popular belief, all evolving artists are in a full time battle with mediocrity.” ArtistBeliefBattleContraryEvolveMediocrityContrary To Popular Belief Author:Robert Genn
“I believe in perpetual art, no matter if there are not many artists like me on this earth.” IfsBelieveArtMatterEarthArtistBeliefI BelieveI Believe InLike MePerpetual Author:Jeet Aulakh
“It is sometimes hard to escape the belief that history exists against the artist.” SometimesHardArtistBeliefTradition Author:Hisham Matar
“One of the major changes in attitude that occurred in the world of art as we moved from the nineteenth into the twentieth century was that the twentieth century artist became more involved with personal expression than with celebrating exclusively the values of the society or the church. Along with this change came a broader acceptance of the belief that the artist can invent a reality that is more meaningful than the one that is literally given to the eye. I subscribe enthusiastically to this.” WorldArtRealityEyeArtistValuesBeliefGivenChurchAttitudeCenturyAcceptanceExpressionInvolvedMajorsMovedPhotographerMeaningfulCelebrateTwentieth CenturyMajor ChangePersonal Expression Author:Jerry Uelsmann
“I have not, in general, much belief in the ability of woman as a creative artist. Unwritten lyrics, as [Ralph Waldo] Emerson said once when we conversed on this subject, should be her forte.” ShouldSaidArtistBeliefAbilityCreativeSubjectsCreative ArtUnwrittenCreative ArtistsForteWaldo EmersonRalph Waldo Author:Fredrika Bremer
“I am biased towards the belief that every painter must be grounded in strong and faultless drawing skills, and until one has not experimented with all styles of painting and has not comprehended their potentialities one's work is not complete. Even an abstract painter must know how to draw as well as a figurative artist. As for me, drawing has never created any problem, since I know how to draw anatomy correctly if I had to, I understand the function of muscle groups and sculpture.” IfsKnowsWellsProblemArtistBeliefStrongKnow HowGroupsStylePaintingSkillsDrawsFunctionDrawingPainterAbstractMusclesGroundedSculptureAnatomyBiased Author:Guity Novin