Quotes by Artists

It has bothered me all my life that I do not paint like everybody else. Henri Matisse
Life Me My Life Everybody Everybody Else Else All My Life Bothered Like Paint
It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression. Henri Matisse
Young Preparation Design Touch Only Color Years Personal Artist Personal Expression Young Artist After Should Means Used Expression
I have been no more than a medium, as it were. Henri Matisse
Medium More Were Been Than
Jazz is rhythm and meaning. Henri Matisse
Jazz Rhythm Meaning
A young woman has young claws, well sharpened. If she has character, that is. And if she hasn't so much the worse for you. Henri Matisse
Character You Woman Young Worse Claws Sharpened She Well Young Woman Much
My curves are not crazy. Henri Matisse
Crazy Curves
I don't know whether I believe in God or not. I think, really, I'm some sort of Buddhist. But the essential thing is to put oneself in a frame of mind which is close to that of prayer. Henri Matisse
God Prayer Mind Believe Think Frame Some Oneself Put Buddhist Know Sort Close Essential Whether Which Really Thing
I cannot now change my style, which I acquired, as you can imagine, by dint of labour. Henri Rousseau
You Change Style Labour Cannot Which Acquired Now Imagine
It is often said that my heart is too open for my own good. Henri Rousseau
Good Heart Own Too My Own Open Said Often
I have always been a pencil. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Pencil Always Been
I have tried to do what is true and not ideal. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Tried True Ideal
The cafes bore me; going downstairs is a nuisance. Painting and sleeping - that's all there is. Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Me Painting Sleeping Bore Going Downstairs Nuisance
At the same time, I was listening to black music, and I began to think that the best musicians were receiving the worst treatment. The people who were doing the greatest work were despised as lower class, with no dignity accorded to what they did. Henry Flynt
Work Music Time Best Musicians Class Dignity People Listening Black Think Despised Worst Black Music Greatest Doing Were Accorded Began Did Same Same Time Lower Lower Class Who Receiving Treatment
I was a student at Harvard, and that's where I learned about so-called avant-garde music. Jackson Pollock, abstract expressionism and painting were well known at this time. Henry Flynt
Music Time Painting Harvard About Student Abstract Well Well Known Known Learned Were Jackson Where So-Called Avant-Garde Expressionism
I began composing works which were imitative of the music I was being told about. I was also very interested in translating the music into visual terms. Henry Flynt
Music Imitative Visual Composing About Terms Also Were Began Very Being Which Interested Translating Works
When I began competing with the other artists in New York, I discovered classical North Indian music. Henry Flynt
Music Other Indian Indian Music Classical New Discovered Began North York Artists New York Competing
Basically, I viewed any work of art as an imposition of another person's taste, and saw the individual making this imposition as a kind of dictator. Henry Flynt
Work Art Saw Kind Individual Another Making Imposition Dictator Person Taste Any Viewed Basically
Around 1967 I began backing away from dogmatic Leninism, not so much because I thought it was false, I just decided there was nothing utopian about it. Henry Flynt
Thought Nothing Backing About Because Around Dogmatic False Began Just Decided Much Away Utopian
The whole drive of western culture, the part of it which is serious, is towards an extreme objectification. It's carried to the point where the human subject is treated almost as if it's dirt in the works of a watch. Henry Flynt
Culture Drive Extreme Carried Objectification Dirt Point Part Almost Towards Subject Western Western Culture Human Where Which Whole Works Serious Watch Treated
Since 'concepts' are closely bound up with language, concept art is a kind of art of which the material is language. Henry Flynt
Art Language Kind Bound Since Concept Concepts Material Up Closely Which
Nature is a collective idea, and, though its essence exist in each individual of the species, can never in its perfection inhabit a single object. Henry Fuseli
Nature Collective Single Though Object Individual Never Perfection Idea Exist Essence Inhabit Each Each Individual Species
Blake is damned good to steal from. Henry Fuseli
Good Steal Blake
It seemed to me that this might be a great pageant, which would give a chance for a very interesting picture. Henry Ossawa Tanner
Great Me Picture Would Seemed Give Very Which Interesting Might Pageant Chance
I believe the Negro blood counts, and counts to my advantage - though it has caused me at times a life of great humiliation and sorrow. Henry Ossawa Tanner
Life Great Me Humiliation Believe Though Advantage Counts Sorrow Caused Blood Times
My effort has been not only to put the Biblical incident in the original setting... but at the same time give the human touch to convey to my public the reverence and elevation these subjects impart to me. Henry Ossawa Tanner
Time Me Bible Setting Has-Been Impart Touch Give Only Put Reverence Been Subjects Effort Same Human Same Time Public Convey Incident Original Elevation
Teaching is like flying a plane. You leave school one day feeling like you're spiraling down toward the trees, expecting that the next day the crash will come. You brace yourself for the impact, only to find that things have leveled out at treetop height, and you climb and enjoy the remainder of the flight. Herb Trimpe
Day You Yourself School Will Feeling Down Enjoy Trees Flying One Day Out Find Impact Only Toward Come Like Climb Leave Expecting Crash Height Plane Next Teaching Flight Things Leveled
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