Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
Salvador Dali
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
A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament.
Oscar Wilde
Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.
Pablo Picasso
A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.
Hedy Lamarr
A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.
Michelangelo
I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own.
Jackson Pollock
If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
John F. Kennedy
I never called my work an 'art'. It's part of show business, the business of building entertainment.
Walt Disney
Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
Jackson Pollock
Every good painter paints what he is.
Jackson Pollock
My painting does not come from the easel.
Jackson Pollock
Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.
Pablo Picasso
Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.
Salvador Dali
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.
Albert Einstein
All art is dependent on technology because it's a human endeavour, so even when you're using charcoal on a wall or designed the proscenium arch, that's technology.
George Lucas
It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.
Albert Einstein
Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity.
Yoko Ono
Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.
Woody Allen
I just like art. I get pure pleasure from it. I have a lot of wonderful paintings, and every time I look at them I see something different.
Jack Nicholson
I'm inspired by artists and musicians. There are so many wonderful and talented people in the world. I love discovering new music, new writers, or new art.
Alicia Keys
We live in an age when the traditional great subjects - the human form, the landscape, even newer traditions such as abstract expressionism - are daily devalued by commercial art.
Andy Warhol
If commercialization is putting my art on a shirt so that a kid who can't afford a $30,000 painting can buy one, then I'm all for it.
Keith Haring
The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.
Pablo Picasso
There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality.
Pablo Picasso
Simplicity and repose are the qualities that measure the true value of any work of art.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don't have for something they don't need.
Will Rogers
Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.
Will Rogers
Being good in business is the most fascinating kind of art. Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.
Andy Warhol
I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.
Charlie Chaplin
I feel like skateboarding is as much of a sport as a lifestyle, and an art form, so there's so much that that transcends in terms of music, fashion, and entertainment.
Tony Hawk
I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use.
Maya Angelou
Creative output, you know, is just pain. I'm going to be cliche for a minute and say that great art comes from pain.
Kanye West
Whether it be personal or musical, I just think I'm a walking art piece, just a ball of creativity.
Chris Brown
We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.
Pablo Picasso
Performance art is going to be the future. Plays on Broadway are so restricted. But performance art is like haikus, just one line thing. And it's more casual but more interesting.
Yoko Ono