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" An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. "

Charles Horton Cooley

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Rainer Maria Rilke

" The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. "

" A nice blend of prediction and surprise seem to be at the heart of the best art. "

" When I am finishing a picture, I hold some God-made object up to it - a rock, a flower, the branch of a tree or my hand - as a final test. If the painting stands up beside a thing man cannot make, the painting is authentic. If there's a clash between the two, it's bad art. "

" My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art. "

" I think optimism springs from nature. I'm a gardener. Nature has taught me about rhythm, the essence of every art. With so much that is terrible, nature gives me pleasure. "

" Be careful that you do not write or paint anything that is not your own, that you don't know in your own soul. "

" Bad people are, from the point of view of art, fascinating studies. They represent colour, variety and strangeness. Good people exasperate one's reason; bad people stir one's imagination. "

" Venice is the perfect place for a phase of art to die. No other city on earth embraces entropy quite like this magical floating mall. "

" Wherever art appears, life disappears. "

Robert Motherwell

" Art is nature speeded up and God slowed down. "

Malcolm de Chazal

" What I didn't know was I was deeply attracted to the big space. "

" One of the main reasons I am so drawn to Hitchcock is that he planned his shots way in advance on story-boards, which he designed like classic paintings (he was an art connoisseur). It's why he found shooting on set boring - because he had already composed the film in his head. "

" Feelings aroused by the touch of someone's hand, the sound of music, the smell of a flower, a beautiful sunset, a work of art, love, laughter, hope and faith - all work on both the unconscious and the conscious aspects of the self, and they have physiological consequences as well. "

" I came up, I suppose, a fairly traditional way. I went to art college. I always wanted to be a stills photographer, really, when I was younger, and I briefly worked as a stills photographer. "

" True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist. "

Albert Einstein

" A picture book is a small door to the enormous world of the visual arts, and they're often the first art a young person sees. "

" Nothing is art if it does not come from nature. "

" An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will. "

Willem de Kooning

" Art should not be bound by barriers or language. The Hindi film industry is a testament to that. We speak only Hindi, but we premiere in Germany and Japan. Our films do phenomenally well there. We transcend the barriers of language and culture. We welcome you in. I think that's what art should be, and I hope America reaches that place. "

Priyanka Chopra

" Pitching is the art of instilling fear. "

" It is through art, and through art only, that we can realise our perfection. "

" Art is a critical component in a well-rounded education. Art is the level playing field - no matter how rich or poor, tall or short, pretty or ugly to the bone, if you can draw, you can find personal fulfillment and build self-confidence. Art is the highest achievement of mankind. "

" The sincerity of the art worker must permeate the song as naturally as the green leaves break through the dead branches in springtime. "

" Everyone discusses my art and pretends to understand, as if it were necessary to understand, when it is simply necessary to love. "

" It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. "

Albert Einstein

" You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh. "

John Singer Sargent

" The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and science. "

Albert Einstein

" As an artist your first loyalty is to your art. Unless this is the case, you're going to be a second-rate artist. "

Margaret Atwood

" To say nothing, especially when speaking, is half the art of diplomacy. "