Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. Henry Ward Beecher artistbrushdip Change image and share on social
My mother was a Bloomsbury figure: a great friend of TS Eliot, Duncan Grant, Vanessa Bell. My grandmother, Mary Hutchinson, gave her life to works of art, being an admirer of Matisse and Giaometti, whom I collected as a young man because of her. Jacob Rothschild admirerartbell share on social
Words may be false and full of art; Sighs are the natural language of the heart. Thomas Shadwell artfalsefull Change image and share on social
I am a soul. I know well that what I shall render up to the grave is not myself. That which is myself will go elsewhere. Earth, thou art not my abyss! Victor Hugo abyssartearth Change image and share on social
When a man understands the art of seeing, he can trace the spirit of an age and the features of a king even in the knocker on a door. Victor Hugo ageartdoor Change image and share on social
I went to the London Academy Of Music and Dramatic Art and returned to New York where I started my career. David Naughton academyartcareer Change image and share on social
My eyes were made to erase all that is ugly. Raoul Dufy eraseeyemake Change image and share on social
I've had so much positive reaction and emotional fulfillment from the creation of my art and sharing it with everyday people that I never paid too much attention to the opinion of critics. Thomas Kinkade artattentioncreation Change image and share on social
Don't make art for other artists or for 'intellectuals', make art for people - and if you can touch just one person in a lifetime and make a difference - you have succeeded. Ray Conniff artartistdifference Change image and share on social