arts

"Impressionism; it is the birth of Light in painting."

"History has remembered the kings and warriors, because they destroyed; art has remembered the people, because they created."

"I collect art, and I drink wine... things that I like that I had never been exposed to. But I never said, 'I'm going to buy art to impress this crowd.' That's just ridiculous to me. I don't live my life like that, because how could you be happy with yourself?"

"The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality."

"To curb the machine and limit art to handicraft is a denial of opportunity."

"Design is the method of putting form and content together. Design, just as art, has multiple definitions; there is no single definition. Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated."

"And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves 'It's pretty, but is it Art?'"

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

"Life is short, the art long."

"Interpretation is the revenge of the intellectual upon art."

"I love having my hands in the dirt. It is never a science and always an art. There are no rules. And if it comes down to me versus that weed I'm trying to pull out of the ground that doesn't want to come out? I know I'll win."

"As an artist, you want to make good stories and create good art; as a businessman, you want to make money and make sure the investors are happy. The two will always clash, unfortunately."

"Some people care too much. I think it's called love."

"I am an artist, you understand? For me, a picture is like poetry. When you make art, this is not coming from an intellectual place. It's coming from the deep side of your unconscious, your soul."

"In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised."

"I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things."

"In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves."

"The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity."

"Painting is just another way of keeping a diary."

"What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit."