Quotes by Artists

Cubism is still the most important art movement for the same reason that John D. is still the most important Rockefeller. Brad Holland
Art Important John Most Cubism Still Rockefeller Same Movement The Most Important Reason
The only people left in America who seem not to be artists are illustrators. Brad Holland
People Seem Only Left America Artists Who
If they were starting their careers today, Rockwell and Picasso would probably both be painting on black velvet. Brad Holland
Today Black Painting Would Both Picasso Velvet Were Starting Careers
Style is the most valuable asset of the modern artist. That's probably why so many styles are reported lost or stolen each year. Brad Holland
Valuable Style Year Lost Valuable Asset Most Styles Reported Stolen Modern Artist Many Each Why Asset Each Year
Fifty years ago, it was the dream of every bohemian artist to be seen getting out of a limousine wearing blue jeans and sneakers. Today, it's the dream of probably half the people in the country. Brad Holland
Today People Seen Country Half Every Out Dream Wearing Years Years Ago Sneakers Blue Artist Getting Blue Jeans Fifty Bohemian Jeans
Political art expresses the cliches you agree with, unlike propaganda, which expresses the cliches you don't. Brad Holland
Art You Political Unlike Propaganda Cliches Which Agree Expresses
Art imitates life. Life imitates high school. Brad Holland
Life Art School Imitates High High School
I've never understood why artists, who so often condescend to the cliches of their own culture, are so eager to embrace the cliches of cultures they know nothing about. Brad Holland
Culture Own Nothing Embrace About Never Know Cliches Understood Cultures Often Artists Who Why Eager
I don't get ideas, I have them. The trick is to remember where I've put them. Brad Holland
Remember Trick Put Ideas Get Where Them
Many people decorate their homes with designer graffiti, even though most of them would probably have real graffiti scoured off the walls of their buildings. Brad Holland
People Walls Though Would Most Buildings Real Off Them Decorate Many Even Homes Designer
You're as good as the people you're with. Brian Michael Bendis
Good You People
In the history of comics and movies and music too, it's always when things are at their bottomed-out, either creatively or financially, there's more chance-taking going on. Brian Michael Bendis
Music History Too Financially More Always Comics Going The History Of Either Movies Creatively Things
One similarity I see between peers and some of the people who read my books is that comics were definitely an outlet for us. Brian Michael Bendis
People Peers Books Definitely See Some Outlet Similarity Between Read Comics Were Us Who
I was into comics because these were my real male role models, even though at the time, I didn't know it. Brian Michael Bendis
Time Though Know Because Real Comics Were Male Role Role Models Models Even
I think the most important thing you can do is to keep drawing no matter what. And to not be afraid of drawing whatever interests you. If there is something that you want to draw, to make, then I think you should pursue it and not let anybody tell you that you can't do it. Brian Selznick
You Matter Important Whatever Think Draw Drawing Tell Something Pursue Most Most Important Thing Make Important Thing Afraid Anybody The Most Important Want Then Interests Should Keep Thing
I can draw pencil lines to show something is moving, but if I'm writing, I struggle with how to write it. The boy ran down the hallway? The boy ran quickly down the hallway? The boy ran down the marble hallway? I agonize over the words. So my editor works very hard. I'm lucky to have her. Brian Selznick
Struggle Writing Words Down Ran Draw Pencil Something Write Over Boy Editor Hallway How Lines Very Quickly Moving Hard Show Agonize Works Lucky Marble Her
Once I'm given an idea for a story I have a million ideas on how it should be illustrated, but I don't have a big shoebox full of unfinished ideas. Brian Selznick
Unfinished Big Once Given Idea Ideas How Story Should Full Illustrated Million
I love being an illustrator because I get to read really great stories, work with amazing people, travel and see places I never would've seen. And I get to draw all the time. Brian Selznick
Work Love Time Great Travel People Amazing Seen Draw See Never Great Stories Read Because Amazing People Get Being Stories Places Really Illustrator
Since I spend such a long time making each book, I only choose books that I'm really interested in and that I really love. Brian Selznick
Love Time Book Long Long Time Spend Books Only Since Making Interested Really Choose Such A Long Time Each
I think I always knew that I would do something with art because it was the one thing that I knew I was really good at. Brian Selznick
Art Good Think Would One Thing Something Knew Because Always The One Thing Really Thing
What interests me about clocks is that everything is hand-made, and yet to the person looking at the clock, something magical is happening that cannot be explained unless you are the clockmaker. Brian Selznick
Me You Looking Unless Everything About Magical Something Clock Clocks Person Happening Cannot Explained Interests
I've always loved the wild rumpus in 'Where the Wild Things Are' by Maurice Sendak, because the words disappear, the pictures take up the whole page, and we move forward in the story by turning the pages. Brian Selznick
Words Wild Take Disappear Pictures Because Always Up Move Move Forward Where Loved Story Turning Page Pages Forward Whole Things
I guess I see a part of myself in everyone I write about. I tend to write about kids who are obsessed with something, and even though I have never been good with machines the way Hugo is, I did love miniature things when I was a kid. Brian Selznick
Love Myself Good Guess Everyone Way Kid Machines Though Kids Miniature See About Something Tend Write Never Part Obsessed Been Did Hugo Who Even Things
In the Marvel universe, vibranium has always been this material that absorbs kinetic energy. And any tiny bit of physics knowledge will tell you that that's really non-Newtonian. You can't just absorb energy, you've gotta change it into something else. Brian Stelfreeze
Knowledge You Change Physics Will Energy Universe Else Bit Tell Kinetic Something Something Else Marvel Absorb Always Material Gotta Been Any Tiny Just Really
I think there's art, and then there's illustration. Art comes from a deeper place. Brian Stelfreeze
Art Illustration Think Place Then Deeper
I try to place what I creatively have to say above who I am. Brian Stelfreeze
Try Say Above Am Place Who Creatively
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