“An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.” — George Santayana
“Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.” — Amy Lowell | #Art
“Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.” — Amy Lowell
“Every artist writes his own autobiography.” — Havelock Ellis | #Art
“Every artist writes his own autobiography.” — Havelock Ellis
“An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.” — Paul Valery | #Art
“An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.” — Paul Valery
“The perfection of art is to conceal art.” — Quintilian | #Art
“The perfection of art is to conceal art.” — Quintilian
“Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.” — Ansel Adams | #Art
“Not everybody trusts paintings but people believe photographs.” — Ansel Adams
“Art is anything you can get away with.” — Marshall McLuhan | #Art
“Art is anything you can get away with.” — Marshall McLuhan
“I paint with shapes.” — Alexander Calder | #Art
“I paint with shapes.” — Alexander Calder
“Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart’s desire.” — John Dewey | #Art
“Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart’s desire.” — John Dewey
“Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.” — Ambrose Bierce | #Art
“Painting, n.: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather, and exposing them to the critic.” — Ambrose Bierce