The visual arts must communicate to the human spirit, forcing individuals to reflect on themselves and their existence beyond their own self-interest. (Dean Mitchell)
Art is nothing tangible. We cannot call a painting 'art' as the words 'artifact' and 'artificial' imply. The thing made is a work of art made by art, but not itself art. The art remains in the artist and is the knowledge by which things are made. ......
What's come to perfection perishes. / Things learned on earth, we shall practice in heaven. / Works done least rapidly, Art most cherishes. (Robert Browning)
Making art is the most relaxing, joyous, therapeutic stimulating way to spend your time, as you unleash the part of your brain that's been itching to get at it. (Harley Brown)
Art is our memory of love. The most an artist can do through their work is say, let me show you what I have seen, what I have loved, and perhaps you will see it and love it too. (Annie Bevan)
The true locus of creativity is not the genetic process prior to the work but the work itself as it lives in the experience of the beholder. (Monroe Beardsley)
In the process of making a painting in an abstract way, the painter is in search of a reality. Not one of realistic objects, but of the complete end result. The painting is experienced as a whole, and must evoke in the painter the absolute convict......
We have a wonderful world to be inspired by and each new day is like an adventure into the unknown, where things that require a second glance can be captured in time on a canvas for anyone to enjoy forever. (Louise Corke)
The inspired moment may sometimes be described as a kind of hallucinatory state of mind: one half of the personality emotes and dictates while the other half listens and notates. The half that listens had better look the other way, had better simu......
Technical skills can be learned by almost anyone who has the determination to pursue it, but innovative ideas and the ability to express them come from some place beyond the material world. (Carole Ann Borges)
Live out of your imagination, not your history. (Stephen R. Covey) .
A picture is first of all a product of the imagination of the artist; it must never be a copy. (Edgar Degas)
