“A student of James McNeill Whistler tells the great artist, 'I tend to paint what I see.' Whistler replies, 'Ah! The shock will come when you see what you paint!” ArtistStudentsPaintShockGreat ArtGreat ArtistWhistler Author:James Whistler
“It's a shock for me to go through and see all those years of painting my life, which is very personal for me. It's a very difficult thing for an artist to look back at his work.” YearsLooksArtistDifficultPaintingShockDifficult Things Author:Andrew Wyeth
“An artist should know art history. Shock value only lasts so long.” KnowsShouldLongArtLastsArtistValuesShockArt HistoryShock Value Author:Robert Longo
“When I write I don't aim to shock people, and I'm surprised when I do. But I don't think that anything that occurs in life should be omitted from art, though the artist should present it in a fashion that is artistic and not ugly. I set out to tell the truth. And sometimes the truth is shocking.” PeopleThinkingShouldWritingArtSometimesArtistFashionTruth IsAimUglyArtisticShockTelling The TruthShocking Author:Tennessee Williams
“When you are 'bad' in the art world they are very very scared! They want to control you... and they can't! Individuality and uniqueness are threats to the status quo. It is an artist's job to be an 'outlaw.” WorldWantArtJobsArtistThreatIndividualityScaredShockUniquenessStatus QuoOutlawArt World Author:Laurence Gartel