Art History
July 2011
73 posts
“I think a photography class should be a requirement in all educational programs because it makes you see the world rather than just look at it.”
—Unkown
“The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.”
—Paul Strand
“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.”
—Stella Adler
“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.”
—Pablo Picasso
“No place is boring, if you’ve had a good night’s sleep and have a pocket full of unexposed film.”
—Robert Adams
“Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.”
—Twyla Tharp
“Anyone who says you can’t see a thought simply doesn’t know art.”
—Wynetka Ann Reynolds
“There’s no retirement for an artist, it’s your way of living so there’s no end to it.”
—Henry Moore
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”
—Scott Adams
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
—Henry David Thoreau
“I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.”
—Michelangelo
“Art is not a thing; it is a way.”
—Elbert Hubbard
“The world today doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?”
—Pablo Picasso
“For me, painting is a way to forget life. It is a cry in the night, a strangled laugh.”
—Georges Rouault
“No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.”
—Oscar Wilde
“All art requires courage.”
—Anne Tucker
“Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.”
—Isaac Bashevis Singer
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.”
—Leonardo da Vinci
“Are we to paint what’s on the face, what’s inside the face, or what’s behind it?’”
—Pablo Picasso
