4995 quotes by artists for you to enjoy

I have Dalinian thought: the one thing the world will never have enough of is the outrageous. Salvador Dali

World Will Thought Enough One Thing Outrageous Never The One Thing Thing

I'm always interested in the moment when lives somehow accidentally cross. I think sometimes those accidental meetings can be small miracles; they can really change one's perspective on that moment and on life. Saskia de Brauw

Life Change Sometimes Perspective Miracles Think Meetings Those Cross Somehow Small Always Accidental Accidentally Interested Really Moment Lives

I can be fascinated with very little things. The clouds stimulate my imagination, and sometimes I just sit somewhere and go on dreaming for a long time. Your head is also a computer. When you're dreaming, you are simulating a world in which you are living. Theo Jansen

Time You Clouds Little Things World Sometimes Long Somewhere Long Time Sit Living Imagination Dreaming Computer Head Also Stimulate Go Very Just Which Little Your Fascinated Things

When you hear the words 'magic' and 'story', they will probably evoke thoughts of your favourite fairy tales from childhood. Storybook pages abound with all manner of magic: fantastical fairies, wish-granting genies, or even a certain boy wizard. Tony DiTerlizzi

The best way to know God is to love many things. Vincent Van Gogh

Love God Best Way Best Way Know To Love Many Things

The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself. Washington Allston

Wise Man Wise Man Competition Worthy Only Himself

Controversy is part of the nature of art and creativity. Yoko Ono

Art Nature Creativity Part Controversy

Energy is so important. If you don't have it, don't bother with rock and roll. Yoko Ono

You Important Energy Bother Rock Rock And Roll Roll

My beauty secret is... nothing! I don't drink too much water. I don't eat very well. Sometimes I cheat and grab some chocolate. The best thing is to eat what you want, but not very much. Yoko Ono

When you are totally depressed, you should try giggling. Just make yourself laugh. Force yourself to laugh. Yoko Ono

You Yourself Try Laugh Totally Force Make Just Depressed Should

Our public officials have forgotten that they are ultimately accountable to the people who put them in office, that the information they keep in secrecy belongs to all of us. Yoko Ono

People Secrecy Our Put Ultimately Accountable Office Officials Forgotten Information Public Them Us Public Officials Who Keep Belongs

True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely. Yoko Ono

Lonely Sense Prophetic Prophets True Because Artists Want

Artists are going to be the metronome of this society. Yoko Ono

Society Going Artists

I did not break up the Beatles. You can't have it both ways. If you're going to blame me for breaking the Beatles up, you should be thankful that I made them into myth rather than a crumbling group. Yoko Ono

I see so many activists... who are artists because they feel that they have the power of communication. Yoko Ono

Communication Power See Feel Because Artists Who Many Activists

They say an elephant never forgets. Well, you are not an elephant. Take notes, constantly. Save interesting thoughts, quotations, films, technologies... the medium doesn't matter, so long as it inspires you. Aaron Koblin

I studied at UC Santa Cruz before going on to do a grad program at UCLA. Santa Cruz was like an awesome hippie summer camp. I got to take a vacation from reality and hang out on beaches and in forests. Aaron Koblin

You can't make a perfect painting. We can see perfection in our minds. But we can't make a perfect painting. Agnes Martin

You Painting Our Minds See Perfect Perfection Make

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