Visual Arts Quotes

Alas, that I cannot paint what I see.

Johannes de Eyck fuit hic.

For the sake of art, I would gladly suffer any hardship.

If you have faith, you will do things that are greater than you can imagine.

I force myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.

Patience is also a form of action.

Feet, what do I need you for when I have wings to fly?

Have no fear of perfection; you'll never reach it.

People discuss my art and pretend to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love.

Choose only one master—Nature.

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

What is beautiful I do not know.

Creativity takes courage.

The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.

I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.

In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes.

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

I often think that the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.