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" When I sit down to begin penciling a page, most of the hard work for me is done. I can concentrate solely on my art from that point on, which is the fun part! "

Raina Telgemeier

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" The true artist is not proud: he unfortunately sees that art has no limits; he feels darkly how far he is from the goal, and though he may be admired by others, he is sad not to have reached that point to which his better genius only appears as a distant, guiding sun. "

" The goal of art was the vital expression of self. "

" A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind. "

" Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them. "

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" If my art has nothing to do with people's pain and sorrow, what is 'art' for? "

" What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter - a soothing, calming influence on the mind, rather like a good armchair which provides relaxation from physical fatigue. "

" Art should never be limited - the beauty of art is that it gives us the freedom to go places where we wouldn't go to in our normal lives. Inside, I'm just so many different people. I go from the pretty girl on the red carpet to the singer at Ozzfest, spitting in the crowd. That's Jada. "

" Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together. "

" Language, after all, is only the use of symbols, and Art also can only affect us through symbols. "

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" Thirty-three-years-old, still creating art. It's rage, it's creativity, it's pain, it's hurt, but it's the opportunity to still have my voice get out there through music. "

" I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing. "

" With color one obtains an energy that seems to stem from witchcraft. "

" I know how long it takes me to draw a page, how long it takes me to complete a project, how long I can work before my hand gives out, that sort of thing. "

" To write is a relief from life's problems. It is a way in which you revenge yourself. In art, the writer achieves utopia. But any attempt to achieve social utopia is bound to catastrophe. If you want a society of saints, the result is hell, repression, totalitarianism, and persecution. "

" After pop art, graffiti is probably the biggest art movement in recent history to have such an impact on culture. "

" The concept of commercialism in the fashion and art world is looked down upon. You know, just to think, 'What amount of creativity does it take to make something that masses of people like?' And, 'How does creativity apply across the board?' "

" I believe art is a connection, like passing on a flame. "

Wangechi Mutu

" Artists live in unknown spaces and give themselves over to following something unknown. "

" Art depends on luck and talent. "

" The principles of true art is not to portray, but to evoke. "

" All good art is an indiscretion. "

" 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. "

" Art is nothing but the expression of our dream; the more we surrender to it the closer we get to the inner truth of things, our dream-life, the true life that scorns questions and does not see them. "

" Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology. "

" I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedicated to that idea, so who am I to argue, even if I've never experienced it? "

" Medicine is a science of uncertainty and an art of probability. "

" For art to exist, for any sort of aesthetic activity to exist, a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication. "

" The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's audience. Art has increasingly become the concern of the artist and the bafflement of the public. "

" The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art. "

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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