Quotes of: Dali Keyword

I was not interested in irony; I wanted to emphasize the primacy of the idea in making art.

Sol LeWitt

Buying books was a way anyone could acquire a work of art for very little.

Sol LeWitt

Most good art is left wing. It's a moot point whether there is any good right-wing art.

Samuel West

A work of art is the trace of a magnificent struggle.

The Art Spirit

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

You know, it's a hugely difficult thing to take any work of art or drawing and say 'make that real.'

Zack Snyder

Children know something that most people have forgotten.

Keith Haring Journals:

Truth must be found in reality, not systems.

What Is Art?: Conversations with Joseph Beuys

Imperfection is my ticket, perfection is my pursuit.

Who I Am: Poetry

I did not want windows, only skylights. I chose my painting wall as it has the best morning light.

Ellsworth Kelly

But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.

Vincent Van Gogh

Alternative cartoonists have to rely on comic book stores to get their stuff in the hands of readers.

Jim Woodring

Everything I do tries to do the same thing, which is to express things that are hard to express, hidden things.

Jim Woodring

You know, if one paints someone's portrait, one should not know him if possible.

Otto Dix

It's so fine and yet so terrible to stand in front of a blank canvas.

Paul Cezanne

There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.

Paul Cezanne

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.

Paul Cezanne

Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see.

Philip Guston

I never know what I'm going to put on the canvas. The canvas paints itself. I'm just the middleman.

Peter Max

There's nothing like New Orleans. When it comes back, it will be a tremendous highlight for America.

Peter Max

Who sees the human face correctly: the photographer, the mirror, or the painter?

Pablo Picasso