Blog posts about Art Quotes

Art Quote: Calm sea

"Art is born of humiliation." - W. H. Auden

Art Quote: Mountain and Sailboat

"Of all lies, art is the least untrue." - Gustave Flaubert 

Pablo Picasso about drawing

"To draw, you must close your eyes and sing." Pablo Picasso

Rainer Maria Rilke about great art

"No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

Art Quote by Eugène Delacroix

“The artist who aims at perfection in everything, achieves it in nothing.” Eugène Delacroix

Art Quote by Niccolo Paganini

“In order to move others, I must be moved.” Niccolo Paganini

Art Quote: Andrew Wyeth

"One's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes." Andrew Wyeth

Art Quote: Pierre Bonnard about painting

“A painting that is well composed is half finished.” Pierre Bonnard

 

Art Quote: Egon Schiele about Modern Art

"Art cannot be modern. Art is primordially eternal." Egon Schiele

Art Quote: At the Louvre

There is only one thing more impressive than the grandiose paintings at the Louvre...

Art Quote: Islands

We are like islands in the sea, separate on the surface but connected in the deep. ~ William James

Art Quote by Muhammad Ali

Wise words in the ring and in life from the late Muhammad Ali: Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee

La Promenade

Unlike the images of seduction created by his predecessors, Renoir's is a fleeting moment that caught by chance middle-class Parisians immersed in nature, possibly a local park, not set before a studio backdrop.

Art Quote by Paul Cézanne

The awareness of our own strength makes us modest. ~ Paul Cezanne

Art Quote by Claude Monet

It’s on the strength of observation and reflection that one finds a way. So we must dig and delve unceasingly. ~ Claude Monet

Art Quote featuring Conversations in the Garden of Luxembourg

Whether with a glove or a paintbrush, you can make everything you create uniquely yours.

Art Quote featuring The Two Sisters

Art, after all, is but a form of imitation...

Art Quote featuring Sunset

We can all relate to yearning for the space to set ourselves free, in body and in spirit... 

Art Quote featuring Escaping Criticism

Art becomes you... or do you become art? 

Art Quote featuring Dolce Far Niente

If only painter and subject could enjoy the same sweet idleness...