Quotes by Artists

I believe that comics are entirely for entertainment. Akira Toriyama

Entertainment Believe Entirely Comics

Come to think of it, even though I've received tons of fan letters and presents from everyone, I've never written anyone back. How rude of me! Akira Toriyama

Me Rude Think Back Everyone Though Never Written Come How Anyone Fan Even Letters Received Presents Tons

I'm entirely of the mindset that when it comes to books, they've got to be paper. Akira Toriyama

Books Mindset Paper Entirely Got

I was a mischievous child. I was also on the tall side. Akira Toriyama

Side Mischievous Also Tall Child

What I regret most after becoming a cartoonist is having used my real name. At first, I figured there was no way I'd sell anyhow, so I didn't even consider using a pen name. Akira Toriyama

Regret First Consider Way Pen Cartoonist Having Name Most Becoming Real Sell Real Name Anyhow After Used Figured Using Even

I have absolutely no preferences when it comes to food. Akira Toriyama

Food Absolutely Preferences

If I had moved to Tokyo, I might even have become a completely different person... although, ever since the start, I've never wanted to move to Tokyo. I just can't handle there being so many people. Akira Toriyama

With things like 'Dragon Ball,' in the case of fight scenes, I'd take the panel layout across two pages when the book is opened and alter it by angling them, and making them bigger or smaller, to give movement to the panels themselves. Akira Toriyama

Lumped in as a hobby, I don't really like drawing pictures all that much, but thinking of it as work, it's the greatest. Akira Toriyama

Work Thinking Drawing Pictures Like Greatest Hobby Much Really Lumped

If someone stands in front of one of my paintings and says, 'This is just a mess', the word 'just' is not so good, but 'mess' might be right. Why not a mess? If it makes you say, 'Wow, I've never seen anything like that', that's beautiful. Albert Oehlen

If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle. Albrecht Durer

Art Man Evil Otherwise Himself Idle Happens Much Avoided

I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men. Albrecht Durer

Men Beauty Sum Perfection Contained Form Hold

Festival culture is all about evolving consciousness and generating a sense of unity, hope, and possibility. Alex Grey

Hope Culture Sense Unity Possibility Evolving About Generating Festival Consciousness

The visionary imagination is the source of art and religion. Alex Grey

Art Religion Imagination Visionary Source

I think sound and vision are all vibratory emanations... it's the way the soul flowers: art and music. Alex Grey

Music Art Soul Vision Think Way Sound Flowers

I think that that's why artists make art - it is difficult to put into words unless you are a poet. What it takes is being open to the flow of universal creativity. The Zen artists knew this. Alex Grey

Art You Creativity Words Poet Difficult Think Unless Open Put Knew Takes Make Artists Being Zen Why Universal Flow

The creative principle is less about dogma and more about opening ourselves to the evolution of consciousness. Alex Grey

Creative Evolution Ourselves About More Opening Principle Dogma Less Consciousness

My father was a professional artist all his life who encouraged my path as an artist. Alex Grey

Life Path Father His Encouraged Artist Who Professional

God's inexplicable. God is beyond the everything. And yet we can't cease to blather about it. Alex Grey

God Everything About Beyond Inexplicable Cease

I put the cult in culture. Alex Grey

Culture Put Cult

Risk is essential. There is not growth of inspiration in staying within what is safe and comfortable. Once you find out what you do best, why not try something else? Alex Noble

Best You Try Else Once Out Find Staying Something Something Else Risk Inspiration Safe Comfortable Within Essential Why Why Not Growth

The animation of the canvas is one of the hardest problems of painting. Alfred Sisley

Problems Painting Animation Canvas Hardest