Famous quotes by Artists

"I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait"

Salvador Dali, Artist

"Each morning when I awake, I experience again a supreme pleasure - that of being Salvador Dali"

Salvador Dali, Artist

"Don't bother about being modern. Unfortunately, it is the one thing that, whatever you do, you cannot avoid"

Salvador Dali, Artist

"Democratic societies are unfit for the publication of such thunderous revelations as I am in the habit of making"

Salvador Dali, Artist

"At the age of six I wanted to be a cook. At seven I wanted to be Napoleon. And my ambition has been growing steadily ever since!"

Salvador Dali, Artist

"People try constantly to use me, and I hate it"

Tracey Emin, Artist

"People don't remember. Revenge is sweet"

Tracey Emin, Artist

"I'm out of here, I'm better than all of you"

Tracey Emin, Artist

"All the mistakes I've ever made in my life have been when I've been drunk. I haven't made hardly any mistakes sober, ever, ever"

Tracey Emin, Artist

"If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

"I wish they would only take me as I am"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

"I see drawings and pictures in the poorest of huts and the dirtiest of corners"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

"I can very well do without God both in my life and in my painting, but I cannot, suffering as I am, do without something which is greater than I am, which is my life, the power to create"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

"I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God's help I shall succeed"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

"How can I be useful, of what service can I be? There is something inside me, what can it be?"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

"For my part, I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

"Conscience is a man's compass"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

"As we advance in life, it becomes more and more difficult, but in fighting the difficulties, the inmost strength of the heart is developed"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

"An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

"When I have a terrible need of - shall I say the word - religion. Then I go out and paint the stars"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

"Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

"It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

"If you hear a voice within you say, 'You cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced"

Vincent Van Gogh, Artist

"Every painting is a voyage into a sacred harbor"

Giotto di Bondone, Artist

"Jazz is rhythm and meaning"

Henri Matisse, Artist

"I'm growing old, I delight in the past"

Henri Matisse, Artist

"An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language"

Henri Matisse, Artist

"Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted, the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is"

Henri Matisse, Artist

"An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc"

Henri Matisse, Artist

"A picture must possess a real power to generate light, and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light, or rather in light"

Henri Matisse, Artist

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