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" An empty canvas is a living wonder... far lovelier than certain pictures. "

Wassily Kandinsky

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" I never know what I'm going to put on the canvas. The canvas paints itself. I'm just the middleman. "

" Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies. "

" The art of leadership is saying no, not saying yes. It is very easy to say yes. "

" Art begins with resistance - at the point where resistance is overcome. No human masterpiece has ever been created without great labor. "

" The philistine provides the best definition of art. Anything that makes him rage is first class. "

" Art is not supposed to change the world, to change practical things, but to change perceptions. Art can change the way we see the world. Art can create an analogy. "

" An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. "

Charles Bukowski

" Technology is a compulsive and addictive way to live. Verbal communication cannot be lost because of a lack of skill. The ability to listen and learn is key to mastering the art of communication. If you don't use your verbal skills and networking, it will disappear rapidly. Use technology wisely. "

" What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the Real. "

Rabindranath Tagore

" Painting is a nail to which I fasten my ideas. "

" Theatre is the art form of the present: it exists only in the present, and then it's gone. "

" It is in this power of saying everything, and yet saying nothing too plainly, that the perfection of art consists. "

" I read tons of books, listen to music non-stop, watch as many movies as possible, catch a play when I can, art shows, concerts, bar talks - I just try to engage in art, which to me is everywhere, as often as I can because narrative lives in it all. "

" Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that they have a better idea. "

" The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness. "

" 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. "

" I want to create things while I have time on Earth, and the art of costume and culture has always inspired me. "

" The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity. "

" Every man lives in two realms: the internal and the external. The internal is that realm of spiritual ends expressed in art, literature, morals, and religion. The external is that complex of devices, techniques, mechanisms, and instrumentalities by means of which we live. "

Martin Luther King, Jr.

" My attitude towards drawing is not necessarily about drawing. It's about making the best kind of image I can make, it's about talking as clearly as I can. "

" I'm looking to evolve the concept of the new renaissance artist, taking the world by storm through the art of public display and demonstration, with technical savvy, using cell phones and computers. "

" Art challenges technology, but technology inspires the art. "

" The ability to make somebody feel something: that's art. However you look at it, whether you're an author, a painter, a singer, a rapper, a spoken-word artist - art. "

" To me, music is art and fashion is art, but fame? Fame isn't art, but the person you become when you're famous - your alter ego - that's art. "

" My lens and my personality, it's just fluid. The art isn't just in one place. "

" Space is the breath of art. "

Frank Lloyd Wright

" I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota. "

Gustave Courbet

" Be true to yourself. Make each day a masterpiece. Help others. Drink deeply from good books. Make friendship a fine art. Build a shelter against a rainy day. "

" Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle. "

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

Albert Einstein