I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living. – Robert Henri

Yang indah memang bisa menghibur selama-lamanya, membubuhkan luka selama-lamanya, meskipun puisi dan benda seni bisa lenyap. Ia seakan-akan roh yang hadir dan pergi ketika kata dilupakan dan benda jadi aus. Tapi apa arti roh tanpa tubuh yang buncah dan terbelah? Keindahan tak bisa jadi total. Ketika ia merangkum total, ia abstrak, dan manusia dan dunia tak akan saling menyapa lagi. – Goenawan Mohamad

Yang indah memang bisa menghibur selama-lamanya, membubuhkan luka selama-lamanya, meskipun puisi dan benda seni bisa lenyap. Ia seakan-akan roh yang hadir dan pergi ketika kata dilupakan dan benda jadi aus.

Tapi apa arti roh tanpa tubuh yang buncah dan terbelah? Keindahan tak bisa jadi total. Ketika ia merangkum total, ia abstrak, dan manusia dan dunia tak akan saling menyapa lagi. – Goenawan Mohamad

Genius is not a possession of the limited few, but exists in some degree in everyone. Where there is natural growth, a full and free play of faculties, genius will manifest itself. – Robert Henri

What does one prefer? An art that struggles to change the social contract, but fails? Or one that seeks to please and amuse, and succeeds? – Robert Hughes

A tree growing out of the ground is as wonderful today as it ever was. It does not need to adopt new and startling methods. – Robert Henri

Music gives color to the air of the moment. – Karl Lagerfeld

I feel the only thing you can do about life is to preserve it, by art if you’re an artist, by children if you’re not. – Philip Larkin

Weirdism is definitely the cornerstone of many an artist’s career. – E.A. Bucchianeri

The French say you get hungry when you’re eating, and I get inspired when I’m working. It’s my engine – Karl Lagerfeld

I guess I’ve got to keep creating or I’ll just die. – Jarrod – "Eagle vs. Shark"

Have you killed anyone?” she asked quickly. “What? Did you miss what I said, about turning murder into an art form?” “But you haven’t actually killed anyone yet, have you? I read your file.” He glowered. “Technically, yeah, all right, maybe I haven’t – Derek Landy

Have you killed anyone?” she asked quickly.
“What? Did you miss what I said, about turning murder into
an art form?”
“But you haven’t actually killed anyone yet, have you? I read
your file.”
He glowered. “Technically, yeah, all right, maybe I haven’t – Derek Landy

Only the painter who knows his business can create the impression that a picture was done in one stroke. – Pierre Auguste-Renoir