“I deny that art can be taught, or, in other words, maintain that art is completely individual, and that the talent of each artist is but the result of his own inspiration and his own study of past tradition.” ArtInspirationPastArtistIndividualResultsEducationStudyTalentTaughtArt IsTraditionDeny Author:Gustave Courbet
“An artist who is self-taught is taught by a very ignorant person indeed.” PersonsSelfArtistEducationTaughtIgnorantSelf TaughtIgnorant Person Author:John Constable
“Artists of my generation were not educated. We were not given the equipment because it was generally believed to be irrelevant.” ArtistGivenEducationGenerationsEducatedEquipmentIrrelevantMy Generation Author:Eric Fischl
“A young person wanting to become an artist might simply go purposefully and dedicatedly to his or her room with a few books and a thousand blank canvases for four years.” YearsPersonsBookMightYoungArtistRoomsEducationFourThousandFour YearsBlankBlank Canvas Author:Robert Genn
“An artist is always out of step with the time. He has to be.” ArtistEducationStepsTeacher Author:Orson Welles
“Becoming an artist cannot be taught. A degree and diligence is not a guarantee that one can become an 'artist.” ArtistEducationTaughtBecomingDegreesGuaranteesDiligenceGuarantees That Author:Scott Kahn
“I dream of painting and then I paint my dream.” InspirationalArtDreamArtistEducationCreativityPaintingAchievementPaintPainterArt And ArtistsInspirational ArtistArtists And CreativityCreating ArtPainting ArtPainting And Art Author:Vincent Van Gogh