“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.”
Emile Zola (1840-1902)

“A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“It is better to be high-spirited even though one makes more mistakes, than to be narrow-minded and all too prudent.”
Vincent Van Gogh

“Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model.”
Vincent Van Gogh

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
Pablo Picasso

A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind.
Eugene Ionesco

Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics.
Victor Pinchuk

Making money is art and working is art and good business is the best art.
Andy Warhol

The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person.
Abraham Lincoln

Drawing is the honesty of the art. There is no possibility of cheating. It is either good or bad.
Salvador Dali

The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.
Michelangelo

Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.
Antoni Gaudi

Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do.
Edgar Degas