“The way of the martial artist is the way of enduring, surviving and prevailing over all that would destroy him. More than delivering strikes and slashes, and deeper in significance than the simple outwitting of an enemy, Ninpô is the way of attaining that which we need while making the world a better place. The skill of the Ninja is the art of winning.” WorldWayNeedsArtArtistWinningSimpleEnemySkillsEndureDeeperStrikesMartial ArtsSignificanceBetter PlaceSurvivingDeliveringPrevailingNinjaMartial ArtistOutwitting Author:Toshitsugu Takamatsu
“I would have artists be convinced that the supreme skill and art in painting consists in knowing how to use black and white... because it is light and shade that make objects appear in relief.” ArtUseLightArtistBlackWhiteKnowingObjectsPaintingSkillsConvincedSupremeReliefShadeBlack And White Author:Leon Battista Alberti
“Creativity is not enough... the skill of the true artist is to show the real in the light of the ideal and so transfigure it.” RealEnoughShowsLightArtistCreativitySkillsIdealsTrue Artists Author:Roger Scruton
“New artists will be discovered and trained. Moreover, when the artists who've gone abroad return home, they can share and pass on skills and knowledge to their peers here. I am certain their stints abroad will make them better artists and mentors. It will teach them discipline and independence. It will broaden their horizons.” HomeArtistCertainTeachGoneShareReturnDisciplineSkillsIndependenceHorizonMentorPeersHere I AmNew ArtistsSkills And Knowledge Author:Ryan Cayabyab
“The artist needs to sit patiently at the feet of Nature in all Her moods and nuances and silently develop the skills to honour Her. There are no recipes for Autumn.” NeedsArtistNatureFeetSkillsMoodAutumnHonourRecipesNuance Author:Robert Genn
“It's very true that an artist who networks well will have better opportunities than one who doesn't network well. But great networking skills without great art won't change art history.” WellsArtArtistOpportunitySkillsGreat ArtNetworkingArt HistoryVery True Author:Mark Kostabi
“I am in no sense of the word a great artist, not even a great animator; I have always had men working for me whose skills were greater than my own. I am an idea man.” MenIdeasArtistMy OwnGreaterSkillsBeing YourselfGreat ArtGreat ArtistAnimator Author:Walt Disney
“The greatest artists have never been men of taste. By never sophisticating their instincts they have never lost the awareness of the great simplicities, which they relish both from appetite and from the challenge these offer to skill in competition with popular art.” MenArtArtistLostChallengesAwarenessTasteOffersSkillsCompetitionInstinctSimplicityAppetiteRelish Author:Jacques Barzun
“Some artists approach their 'why?' intuitively, and work toward giving it a voice through their technical skill. Others begin as technicians, and develop, or discover, their 'why?' as they become stronger communicators.” GivingArtistVoiceSkillsApproachStrongerTechniciansCommunicatorsTechnical Skills Author:Sara Genn
“The ability to draw from life determines the artist's skill. This is why live drawing classes have always been at the top of the curriculum for properly structured academic workshops.” ArtistAbilityClassSkillsDrawsDetermineDrawingAcademicCurriculumWorkshops Author:Igor Babailov
“You can be a giant among artists without ever attaining any great skill. Facility is a dangerous thing. When there is too much technical ease the brain stops criticizing. Don't let the hand fall into a smart way of putting the mind to sleep.” WayMindHandsArtistFallSleepBrainToo MuchDangerousDangerSkillsSmartEaseGiantsCriticizeFacilityDangerous Things Author:John French Sloan
“There is no substitute for skill. It is the priceless possession of every great artist in every field of endeavor. It is instinctly felt by an audience and is reflected in the superiority of his work” ArtistFeltAudienceFieldsSkillsPossessionSubstitutesEndeavorSuperiorityGreat ArtPricelessGreat Artist Author:Paul LePaul
“Experimental artists build their skills gradually over the course of their careers, improving their work slowly over long periods. These artists are perfectionists and are typically plagued by frustration at their inability to achieve their goals.” LongArtistCoursesGoalCareersAchievePeriodsSkillsFrustrationImprovingInabilityPerfectionist Book:Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity Source: Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity
“To behave creatively in art means behavior with skill; and skill comes from discipline, not derangement. The artist who knows the rules -and proportion is one of them- knows where to bend and how to break them.” KnowsMeanArtArtistBreakDisciplineSkillsBehaviorBehaveProportion Author:Burne Hogarth
“Of course, it gave the studio an enormous power, because I don't know any other place who had that skill with images to communicate with. And the need of these kinds of images are even greater now than they ever were because we are losing our life symbols.” KnowsNeedsKindArtistCoursesGreaterOur LivesSkillsLosingCommunicateStudiosEnormousSymbols Author:John Hench
“To be successful in the world of art you must, of course, have talent, although very small talents have gone very far in this age. Just as the microphone gave volume to voices that had none, so does the science of press-agentry magnify limited skills into highly saleable properties.” WorldDoeArtAgeArtistCoursesVoiceGoneSuccessfulTalentSkillsPressesPropertyBeing SuccessfulVolumeMicrophones Book:More in Anger Source: More in Anger
“Real artists find answers. The knowledge of the artisan is within the confines of his skills. For example, I know a lot about lenses, about the editing room. I know what the different buttons on the camera are for. I know more or less how to use a microphone. I know all that, but that's not real knowledge. Real knowledge is knowing how to live, why we live, things like that.” KnowsDifferentRealUseArtistAnswersRoomsKnowingExampleSkillsCamerasButtonsEditingLensesMicrophonesArtisansReal KnowledgeReal Artists Author:Krzysztof Kieslowski
“Through poverty, godhunger, the family debacle, I kept a sense of worth. I could limn and paint like no-one else in this human-wounded land: I was worth the while of living. Now my skill is dead. I should be.” ShouldHumansArtistPovertyLandSkillsDespairPaintWoundedDebacles Author:Keri Hulme
“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