Art is either revolution or plagiarism. -Paul GauguinThe chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense. -Pablo PicassoThe best reason to paint is that there is no reason to paint. -Keith HaringI wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned. -Yayoi KusamaBring your humanity to your art. Bring your art to humanity. -Maxime LagacéEvery artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. -Henry Ward BeecherTell your own story, and you will be interesting. -Louise BourgeoisI never paint dreams or nightmares. I paint my own reality. -Frida KahloArt is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious. -Oscar WildeIf I paint something, I don’t want to have to explain what it is. -Bob RossWe must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth. -John F. KennedyThe great artist is the simplifier. -Vincent Van GoghIn any art you’re allowed to steal anything if you can make it better. -Ernest HemingwayPainting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is. -Jackson PollockI had so much fire in me and so many plans. -Claude MonetAn artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. -Charles CooleyTo draw you must close your eyes and sing. -Pablo PicassoArt is meant to disturb, science reassures. -Georges BraqueArt must be life — it must belong to everybody. -Marina AbramovićArt enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. -Thomas Merton
