I was always most interested in drawing - most of my childhood drawings are black-and-white line work. And when I kind of abandoned comics, through college and art school, I was doing a lot of painting. But once I started doing comics again, everything else just fell by the wayside. Jeffrey Brown abandonartblack share on social
They say Princes learn no art truly, but the art of horsemanship. The reason is, the brave beast is no flatterer. He will throw a prince as soon as his groom. Ben Jonson artbeastbrave Change image and share on social
I recently read that it's the left brain that does all that calculating, and the right brain that does the poetry. Somehow I've veered way towards the left. I've been doing it for years. Maybe I do art to balance it out. Jason Mraz artbalancebrain share on social
If you're a new artist, practice your art and share it. Set up shop somewhere, whether it's a street corner or a coffee shop. I got my start in a coffee shop that didn't even have live music. I wanted to play in coffee shops that did have live music, but I didn't have an audience. Jason Mraz artartistaudience share on social
James Thurber was an inspiration because his drawings were so primitive. I am self-taught - I didn't go to art school - so I thought when I started doing them, 'If James Thurber can be a cartoonist, I can,' because his stuff is very raw. Bruce Eric Kaplan artcartoonistdrawing share on social
Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter. Chuck Jones artcomedycritic Change image and share on social
You can turn something into art just because of the way you tell people to look at it. Chet Faker artpeopleturn Change image and share on social
Any art worthy of its name should address 'life', 'man', 'nature', 'death' and 'tragedy'. Barnett Newman addressartdeath Change image and share on social
Contemporary art will help me to modernise our society. Victor Pinchuk artcontemporarymodernise Change image and share on social
The way I put together images is a reactive art. Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu artimageput Change image and share on social