I love to collect quotes from different artists. My favourite at the moment is
“Art was always to me a means of getting in contact with another world……. You would never see that other world and were never told about it. But art seemed to be always kinda touching it.”
Sidney Nolan.
please feel free to add your favourites x
Damien Venditti
excellent i hadn’t read this one before
CDrewHughes:
I know its really great huh! (I was directed to your profile page by Ali, she said you had a few good ones there…….. I hope you don’t mind me adding them here, they’re great!!!!!!) I think my fave from yours is Modigliani’s xxx
“God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just keeps on trying other things”. Pablo Picasso
“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
“What I am seeking is not the real and not the unreal but rather the unconscious, the mystery of the instinctive in the human race”. Amedeo Modigliani
“Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing”. Salvador Dali
“I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. ‘Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death”. Leonardo da Vinci
“Never met a wise man, if so its a woman”. Kurt Cobain
hellmelon
‘art is anything you can get away with’-Andy Warhol
“everythng youcan imagine is real’-Picasso
‘every act of construction must first be an act of destruction’-Picasso
‘Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.’
-Salvador Dali(according to google but I thought it was Picasso?)
and this one but I can’;t remember it word for word ..
“every morning I wake up with the exquisite joy of being me and ask myself what magnificent things I can accomplish today’-Salvador Dali
CDrewHughes:
Thankyou for adding more – you can never have too many I reckon!
Linda Ridpath
certainly agree with your quote, if i think about it, painting does take you somewhere else!!
Marion Chapman
what a great quote. i will keep my eye out for a good one to add.
NomadicGoddess
O great quote, I love reading quotes from Artists, great inspiration and encouragment for following our dreams, ta for sharing :-)
CDrewHughes:
I borrowed these form your profile page NG, they’re great!!!!!
I have Social Disease. I have to go out every night. If I stay home one night I start spreading rumors to my dogs.
Andy Warhol
A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.
Paul Cezanne
I never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality.
Frida Kahlo
Poor is the pupil who does not surpass his master.
Leonardo da Vinci
Creativity takes courage.
Henri Matisse
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.
Pablo Picasso
NomadicGoddess
You’re a poppet, hey I think Damien Venditti has some good quotes on his too, I think thats how you spell his surname, anyhoo, he’s in my favs list if you want to find more :-) xoxoxoxoxoxoxox Hugs
hellmelon
hey gawjus..I found this quote on somebody’s profile today and how true it is.
‘“Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.”
Willa Cather’
now I’m going to google ?her..
:-)
CDrewHughes:
WOW!
thanks for adding that!!!!!
I might have to google her too……
Willa Cather
hellmelon
she’s a writer.Me thinks I need to read more.The greatest artists have been inspired by writers and poets.Some names recur a lot..
CDrewHughes
My emotions are inappropriate to my size.
My emotions are my demons’
-Louise Bourgeois
Michael Jones
Cholina, congrats on the little guy, I’ve been busy but am now catching up on redbubble, I am adding some of the quotes which I paint by:-
“I don’t so much paint what I see, but I paint what I want others to see” Edgar Degas.
“You don’t become an artist, you are one” Pablo Picasso
“when painting outdoors, get yourself really comfortable, then look around for something to paint” John Singer-Sargent
""big brush,big strokes, don’t get bogged down in the detail" my mate Clark Barrett (Broken Hill art teacher)
I hope some of these get you inspired to start painting again….Michael Jones.
CDrewHughes:
Great quotes Micheal! I don’t get to Red Bubble much anymore either….. but I’m definately getting the desire to paint again! My husband and I rearrranged some of the paintings in our house and put up some new ones, and I’ve also recently seen “Masterpieces From Paris” exhibition at the National Gallery in Canberra and also went to GOMA and QLD Art Gallery a few weeks ago, so I’m all inspired and can’t wait to pick up a brush – now I just need the time….. Amelia keeps me busy, but she’s getting to an age now where she can keep herself amused for a little while as long as I’m near by, so I’m thinking I’m going to have to set up a play area for her in our studio – at least until she starts crawling…….
Hope you’re having a great Christmas and New Year!!!!! Cholena xxx
Ellen Keagy
I love all of these and will add mine when I find where I put them…walks off scratching my head…smiles
CDrewHughes:
I know they’re great huh! please add as many as you have! xxx