I make art, sometimes I make true art, and sometimes it fills the empty places in my life. Some of them. Not all. – Neil Gaiman

I make art, sometimes I make true art, and sometimes it fills the empty places in my life. Some of them. Not all. – Neil Gaiman

Love art in yourself, and not yourself in art. – Konstantin Stanislavski

Love art in yourself, and not yourself in art. – Konstantin Stanislavski

Art is what you can get away with. – Andy Warhol

Art is what you can get away with. – Andy Warhol

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light. – Leonardo da Vinci

A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light. – Leonardo da Vinci

Nature is a haunted house–but Art–is a house that tries to be haunted. – Emily Dickinson

Nature is a haunted house–but Art–is a house that tries to be haunted. – Emily Dickinson

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. – Ansel Adams

No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. – Ansel Adams

We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both. – Karl Lagerfeld

We need houses as we need clothes, architecture stimulates fashion. It’s like hunger and thirst — you need them both. – Karl Lagerfeld

The paintings of Francis Bacon to my eye are very beautiful. The paintings of Bosch or Goya are to my eye very beautiful. I’ve also stood in front of those same paintings with people who’ve said, ‘let’s get on to the Botticellis as soon as possible.’ I have lingered, of course. – Clive Barker

The paintings of Francis Bacon to my eye are very beautiful. The paintings of Bosch or Goya are to my eye very beautiful. I’ve also stood in front of those same paintings with people who’ve said, ‘let’s get on to the Botticellis as soon as possible.’ I have lingered, of course. – Clive Barker

In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, sometimes only beauty can be trusted. Only artistic excellence is incorruptible. Pleasure cannot be bargained down. And sometimes the meal is the only currency that is real. – Elizabeth Gilbert

In a world of disorder and disaster and fraud, sometimes only beauty can be trusted. Only artistic excellence is incorruptible. Pleasure cannot be bargained down. And sometimes the meal is the only currency that is real. – Elizabeth Gilbert

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. – George Bernard Shaw

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable. – George Bernard Shaw

To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes. – Akira Kurosawa

To be an artist means never to avert one’s eyes. – Akira Kurosawa

If we can’t, as artists, improve on real life, we should put down our pencils and go bake bread. – Barbara Kingsolver

If we can’t, as artists, improve on real life, we should put down our pencils and go bake bread. – Barbara Kingsolver