“Before I put brush to canvas, I question, 'Is this mine? ...Is it influenced by some idea which I have acquired from some man? ...I am trying with all my skill to do a painting that is all of women, as well as all of me.” MenTryingWellsIdeasMinesPaintingSkillsCanvasBrushes Author:Georgia O'Keeffe
“If a painting of mine suits me, it is right. If it does not please me, I care not if all the great masters should approve it or the dealers buy it. They would be wrong.” IfsShouldDoeWould BeCareMinesPaintingMastersPleaseSatisfactionSuitsI CareDealerPlease Me Author:Arshile Gorky
“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
“The usual relationship between an artist and his painting is like the relationship with the father, or a husband's with his wife. But mine is a relationship with a stranger... with the chance acquaintance.” ArtistFatherChanceWifeMinesPaintingHusbandStrangerUsualConfessionAcquaintance Author:Ilya Kabakov
“There are dance artists, painting artists and writing artists. Authors are writing artists. You can practice art in whatever medium you choose, and words are mine.” WritingArtArtistPracticeMinesPaintingMediumsYou Choose Author:Ursula K. Le Guin
“You try to tap into a memory and you close your eyes and it comes back. So I was doing this in the painting and then that became a practice of mine. Sometimes it was a cathartic situation, a way to meditate.” WayTryingSometimesEyeMemoriesSituationPracticeMinesPaintingCathartic Author:Jose Parla
“I am very sensitive to all form of music, painting, sculpting, dancing, and I love cinema also. For example if I look at the work of the dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov, who happens to be a friend of mine, everything he does is inspiring to me.” IfsLooksDoeHappensFormExampleMinesPaintingDancingCinemaSensitiveDancerSculpting Author:Philippe Petit
“The final test of a painting, theirs, mine, any other, is: do the painter's emotions come across?” EmotionMinesPaintingTestsFinalsPainter Author:Franz Kline
“I remind myself Vincent van Gogh died without having sold a single painting. Like, art is not measured by the trappings that people attached to it. It's the thing itself, and so, as you know, it's been a dream of mine to write songs for Disney, and so, it's really exciting to finally hear. It's two and a half years.” PeopleKnowsWritingYearsArtTwoDreamSongHalfMinesPaintingArt IsExcitingDiedVansHalf A Year Author:Lin-Manuel Miranda