5001 quotes by artists for you to enjoy

Even as a kid in drawing class, I had real ambition. I wanted to be the best in the class, but there was always some other feller who was better; so I thought, 'It can't be about being the best, it has to be about the drawing itself, what you do with it.' That's kind of stuck with me. Damien Hirst

I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!' Damien Hirst

Remember Thinking Had Wrote Occupation Proved Passport Artist Where

You'd never look at a Rembrandt and say, 'That's just wood and canvas and paint - how much?!' It's all about how many people want it. It works on a pair of jeans as well - they're just material and stitching, and as soon as you walk out of the shop, they're worth nothing. Damien Hirst

You People Worth Walk Nothing Say Out About Rembrandt Never Soon Look Well How Material How Many People How Much Stitching Shop Just Wood Want Canvas Much Paint Jeans Many Works Pair

I gave up painting by 16. I secretly thought I would have been Rembrandt by then. Damien Hirst

Thought Painting Gave Secretly Would Rembrandt Been Up Then

Kids are naturally gifted at art from a very young age. The problem is when they get older and become self-conscious. The process should always be fun, though. Damien Hirst

Art Age Problem Become Young Older Though Kids Gifted Self-Conscious Always Very Get Young Age Process Should Naturally Fun

Art is kind of the lens through which I think about God. Dan Colen

Art God Think Kind About Through Which Lens

I think that artworks are like these spiritual objects: I think that they have energies and powers beyond what the eye can see. Dan Colen

Spiritual Think Eye See Objects Like Beyond Powers Energies

For all the drama we all have with our families and all the tension and hostility, I couldn't have done this without my family. Being the people that they are - they're crazy - made it possible for me to be crazy and to live a lifestyle of my own design. Dan Colen

Family Me Crazy People Made Own Live Design Drama Our Possible My Own Lifestyle Hostility Tension Without Families Done Being

I try very hard to handle things equally: ideas, materials, and images. Dan Colen

Try Ideas Equally Materials Very Handle Hard Things Images

Art class was my thing, but not any other class. Dan Colen

Art Class Other Any Thing

The different bodies of my work end themselves when there's no more discovery to be had. Dan Colen

Work More Had Discovery End Different Themselves Bodies

I've always been interested in moments of disbelief... I don't know if they possess any magic, but they do have something. Dan Colen

Possess Magic Something Know Disbelief Always Been Any Interested Moments

It takes a lot of help - nature, friends, family, craftsmen - for me to make what I make. Dan Colen

Family Nature Me Takes Make Lot Friends Craftsmen Help

As opposed to putting too much confidence in myself, or in an image or a scene or a set of brushes, I really want to allow the oil paint to perform, to show me the things that it wants to do, beyond my imagination. Dan Colen

I started at Pixar the month 'Monsters Inc.' came out. Dan Scanlon

Monsters Month Out Came Pixar Started

People will turn their noses up at a sequel or that type of thing, but Pixar really works hard - if they're making a sequel - to make a sequel an original movie, to make it an original story. Dan Scanlon

People Will Type Make Making Up Noses Movie Pixar Story Turn Really Hard Sequel Original Works Thing

I worked in the story department for years on 'Cars' and 'Toy Story 3.' Dan Scanlon

Car Toy Years Department Story Worked

The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things - dealing with failures and missteps in life - and it's something that's so rarely dealt with in movies, especially kids' movies. Dan Scanlon

I'm not really a horror movie fan. Dan Scanlon

Horror Horror Movie Movie Fan Really

I don't think at Pixar we'd ever make something that was too scary for general audiences. Dan Scanlon

Think Too Scary Something General Make Audiences Pixar Ever

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