“At times there seems to be a million ideas worth painting. However, there are days when it's a challenge to pull any idea together. On these days I go to my studio, leaf through an art history book, and tell myself that I am part of this great tradition.” ArtBookIdeasSeemsTogetherChallengesMillionsPaintingTraditionStudiosThese DaysLeafsArt HistoryHistory Books Author:James Dean
“I am a famous artist. I make millions. But I frequently see debut shows of unknown artists with prices that are double of mine... what they're really doing is barely getting by and helping me sell 1,000 paintings a year effortlessly, because they make my paintings look like such a bargain. Thank you to all the egotistical art students!” YearsLooksArtHelpingShowsArtistMillionsStudentsMinesPaintingSellsBargainsEgotisticalDebutFamous ArtistArt StudentsBarely Getting By Author:Mark Kostabi
“I love you more than anybody in the world... I love you for millions and millions of things, clocks and vampires and dirty nails and squiggly paintings and lovely hair and being dizzy and falling dreams.” WorldDreamFallMillionsLove YouPaintingHairLovelyVampireClockDirtyNailsGreatest LoveDizzyLove You MoreI Love You More Author:Dylan Thomas
“If I want to pursue the art of painting - or music or writing or sculpture - it requires only my time and a few dollars for materials. If, however, I want to produce a motion picture I have to go out and raise a million dollars!” IfsWantWritingArtMillionsProducePaintingMaterialsRaisesDollarsPursueMy TimeSculptureMillion DollarsMotion Pictures Author:Orson Welles
“At one point Trudeau mentioned to me that the National Gallery wanted to buy a masterpiece by the great Italian painter Lotto, and it needed a million dollars from the Treasury Board. "Is that Lotto-Quebec or Lotto-Canada?" I joked, but I got the message, and the National Gallery got the painting.” WantedMillionsPaintingNeededMessagesDollarsPainterBoardsCanadaItalianMasterpieceGalleryMillion DollarsTreasuryQuebec Author:Jean Chretien
“I always feel a bit trapped when a painting goes for millions of pounds and only one person can have it. If you can have that as well as a poster on every student's wall, then you're in a very enviable position. I'd like to do a Damien Hirst for £500 at some point.” IfsFeelsWellsPersonsBitsMillionsPositionStudentsPaintingWallPoundsTrappedPosters Author:Damien Hirst
“If you're a guest [at my $113 million house], you'll be able to call up on screens throughout the house almost any image you like - presidential portraits, reproductions of High Renaissance paintings, pictures of sunsets, airplanes, skiers in the Andes, a rare French stamp, the Beatles in 1965.” IfsAbleHouseMillionsPaintingScreensPresidentialSunsetGuestsAirplanePortraitsStampsRenaissanceReproductionSkiersPainting A Picture Author:Bill Gates
“Picasso didn't stop painting when he was 41 years old because he felt he wasn't relevant, but he kept going and the painting he made before he died are now worth 40 million dollars.” YearsMadeFeltMillionsPaintingDiedDollarsRelevantMillion Dollars Author:Peter Frampton
“You can't have a $2 million painting unless it's on the wall somewhere and somebody saw it.” MillionsSawsPaintingWall Author:Lawrence Weiner