Painting not the thing, but its effect.
Stéphane Mallarmé
Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.
Amy Lowell
Art is lies that tell the truth.
Pablo Picasso
Nothing is confused except the mind.
Rene Magritte
An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.
James Whistler
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.
Twyla Tharp
An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.
Art washes from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Pablo Picasso
Art is not a thing; it is a way.
Elbert Hubbard
Lack of clarity is probably more responsible for frustration and underachievement than any other single factor.-
Brian Tracy
What is life, but a series of inspired follies?
George Bernard Shaw
Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience, and our aesthetic enjoyment is recognition of the pattern.
Alfred North Whitehead
Art completes what nature cannot bring to finish
Aristotle
The proper school to learn art is not life but art
Oscar Wilde