(1730 quotes found)
“True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.”
Albert Einstein
“The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.”
Oscar Wilde
“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
“Bad artists always admire each others work.”
“Every artist was first an amateur.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination”
“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.”
“The work of art may have a moral effect, but to demand moral purpose from the artist is to make him ruin his work”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions other than those he has selected.”
“People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all.”
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