I've zeroed in on what you would call action and excellence... Everybody who does anything to try to succeed has to give the best of themselves, and art has made me pull the best out of myself. LeRoy Neiman actionartcall Change image and share on social
Any art communicates what you're in the mood to receive. Larry Rivers artcommunicatemood Change image and share on social
What we have to do, what at any rate it is our duty to do, is to revive the old art of Lying. Oscar Wilde artdutylie Change image and share on social
You cannot live to please everyone else. You have to edify, educate and fulfill your own dreams and destiny, and hope that whatever your art is that you're putting out there, if it's received, great, I respect you for receiving it. If it's not received, great, I respect you for not. Octavia Spencer artdestinydream share on social
I don't want life to imitate art. I want life to be art. Ernst Fischer artimitatelife Change image and share on social
The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries of one's own, in one's relation to the tool, the material and the colors. Emil Nolde artartistchain share on social
I'm not an exhibitionist. But, honestly, for my art I'll do anything almost. I'll go there. Eva Mendes artexhibitionisthonestly Change image and share on social
The trend in some of the contemporary movements in art, but by no means all, seems to deny this ideal and to me appears to lead to a purely decorative conception of painting. Edward Hopper appearartconception Change image and share on social
These maxims and the art of interpreting them may be said to constitute the premisses of science but I prefer to call them our scientific beliefs. These premisses or beliefs are embodied in a tradition, the tradition of science. Michael Polanyi artbeliefcall share on social
All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art is an action against death. It is a denial of death. Jacques Lipchitz actionanswerart Change image and share on social
