Art Quotations


“I’ve been forty years discovering that the queen of all colors is black.” ~~ Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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“Shall I tell you what I think are the two qualities of a work of art? First, it must be the indescribable, and second, it must be inimitable.” ~~ Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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“An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.” ~~ Pierre-Auguste Renoir

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“It’s not so much where my motivation comes from but rather how it manages to survive.” ~~ Louise Bourgeois

“Are you really sure that a floor can’t also be a ceiling?” ~~ M.C. Escher

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“I am still learning.” ~~   Michelangelo

“You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.” ~~ Joseph Joubert

“You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.” ~~   F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.” ~~Albert Camus

“Creativity is allowing oneself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.” ~~ Scott Adams

Filed under: Art, Risk, Scott Adams, Success, Talent