حالات English

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

Perfection in art, as often in life, is better captured by eraser than pencil.

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one. Painting is silent poetry.

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

It has been said that art is a tryst, for in the joy of it maker and beholder meet.

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts such is the duty of the artist.

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things.

The artist uses the talent he has, wishing he had more talent. The talent uses the artist it has, wishing it had more artist.

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way.

Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.

The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.

All art requires courage.

Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.

It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work. ~Henry Moore

Pictures must not be too picturesque. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson