艺术语录

A man should hear a little music, read a little poetry, and see a fine picture every day of his life, in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful which God has implanted in the human soul.

Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television.

...and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.

Art and love are the same thing: It’s the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.

If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.

Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.

One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and, if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.

If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don't have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I'm not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven's sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.

I dream my painting and I paint my dream.

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.

Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.

It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

Eleanor was right. She never looked nice. She looked like art, and art wasn't supposed to look nice; it was supposed to make you feel something.

Everything you can imagine is real.