{"id":5564,"date":"2013-11-17T12:07:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T12:07:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artcorner.com\/?p=5564"},"modified":"2013-11-17T12:07:49","modified_gmt":"2013-11-17T12:07:49","slug":"20-inspiring-quotes-from-the-great-artist-of-the-past","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.overstockart.com\/blog\/20-inspiring-quotes-from-the-great-artist-of-the-past\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Inspiring Quotes from the Great Artists of the Past"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everyone seeks advice. Artists have a tendency to always second guess themselves more than others. Insecurities and the luring question of “is this really great art?” are ambiguous and extremely difficult questions to carry around in one’s gut.<\/p>\n

The good news is that you are not alone. Artists have been faced with such concerns from the dawn of art itself. The great ones often spoke of the art process and what makes their art so very special.<\/p>\n

The following is a collection of artist inspiring quotes. Think of them as tips to help you get into the artist mindset and hopefully it will make you a better artist and a more confident one. Know in your heart that what you have created is nothing less than a masterpiece. It is a fantastic dream that one day this work will adorn the walls of the world’s greatest art museums:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cTo create one\u2019s own world takes courage.\u201d\u00a0-Georgia O\u2019Keeffe<\/li>\n
  2. \u201cA work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.\u201d\u00a0–Paul Cezanne<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. “The nude, if you tackle it, is a very fascinating subject, especially for a woman…\u00a0Traditionally the Nude was used to express formulations about life as larger-than-life, as Heroic or Ideal… The nude is not a ‘genre’ subject.”\u00a0-Isabel Bishop<\/li>\n
  4. \u201cNature is not only all that is visible to the eye.. but it also includes the inner pictures of the soul.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0–Edvard Munch<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. “As long as I live I will have control over my being.” -Artemisia Gentileschi<\/li>\n
  6. \u201cPainting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is a painting that is felt rather than seen.\u201d\u00a0–Leonardo da Vinci<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. “Art is eternal, but life is short.”\u00a0-Evelyn De Morgan<\/li>\n
  8. \u201cPainting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.\u201d –Edgar Degas<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. “Sometimes the painting starts to relate very directly to either sights seen or experiences felt, other times it just goes off on a tangent that you really can\u2019t articulate.”\u00a0-Susan Rothenberg<\/li>\n
  10. “After tea, it’s back to painting – a large poplar at dusk with a gathering storm. From time to time instead of this evening painting session I go bowling in one of the neighboring villages, but not very often.” –Gustav Klimt<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. \u201cGreat art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world…\u00a0More of me comes out when I improvise.\u201d \u00a0–Edward Hopper<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. “What a funny thing painting is. The abstract painters always insist on their connection with the visible reality, while the so-called figurative artists insist that what they really care about, is the abstract qualities of life.”\u00a0-Marlene Dumas<\/li>\n
  13. \u201cWhy shouldn\u2019t art be pretty? There are enough unpleasant things in the world.\u201d\u00a0–Pierre-Auguste Renoir<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. “The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration”. -Frida Kahlo<\/li>\n
  15. “A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.”\u00a0-Michelangelo<\/li>\n
  16. “Real painters understand with a brush in their hand.” -Berthe Morisot<\/li>\n
  17. “I\u00a0do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few.”\u00a0–William Bradford<\/a><\/li>\n
  18. “If painting is no longer needed, it seems a pity that some of us are born into the world with such a passion for line and color.”\u00a0–Mary Cassatt<\/a><\/li>\n
  19. “Never put more than two waves in a picture; it’s fussy.”\u00a0–Winslow Homer<\/a><\/li>\n
  20. “I don’t paint things. I only paint the difference between things.”\u00a0–Henri Matisse<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    What advice would you pass alone to young or beginning artists? What makes your creative process so successful, or on the contrary, what makes it so difficult for artists to create great art? Whatever the case may be, always make sure to follow your passion and enjoy the fruits of your creation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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