Art Quotes and Sayings

“There’s no retirement for an artist, it’s your way of living so there’s no end to it.” – Henry Moore

“Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.” – André Gide

“Art is when you hear a knocking from your soul — and you answer.” – Terri Guillemets

“There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who, with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun.” – Pablo Picasso

“When I say artist I mean the one who is building things … some with a brush – some with a shovel – some choose a pen.” – Jackson Pollock

“To send light into the darkness of men’s hearts — such is the duty of the artist.” – Schumann

“As music is the poetry of sound, so is painting the poetry of sight.” – James Whistler

“I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living.” – Robert Henri

“Go and make interesting mistakes, make amazing mistakes, make glorious and fantastic mistakes. Break rules. Leave the world more interesting for your being here. Make. Good. Art.” – Neil Gaiman

“Art doesn’t have to be pretty. It has to be meaningful.” – Duane Hanson

“Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” – John Gardner

“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” – Pablo Picasso