The chief enemy of creativity is good sense. – Pablo Picasso
The world doesn’t make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do? – Pablo Picasso
What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who only has eyes, if he is a painter, or ears if he is a musician, or a lyre in every chamber of his heart if he is a poet, or even, if he is a boxer, just his muscles? Far from it: at the same time he is also a political being, constantly aware of the heartbreaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. How could it be possible to feel no interest in other people, and with a cool indifference to detach yourself from the very life which they bring to you so abundantly? No, painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war. – Pablo Picasso
Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums. – Banksy
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. – Henry Ward Beecher
An artist discovers his genius the day he dares not to please. – Andre Malraux
The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes. – Leonardo da Vinci
I dream my painting and I paint my dream. – Vincent van Gogh
Chess is everything – art, science, and sport. – Karpov
Every true artist is at war with the world. – Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
When art critics get together they talk about Form and Structure and Meaning. When artists get together they talk about where you can buy cheap turpentine. – Pablo Picasso
Art hath an enemy called ignorance. – Ben Jonson
Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions, when it ceases to be dangerous you don’t want it. – Anthony Burgess
I can’t change the fact that my paintings don’t sell. But the time will come when people will recognize that they are worth more than the value of the paints used in the picture. – Vincent van Gogh
Art is the tree of life. Science is the tree of death.
– William Blake
Others have seen what is and asked why. I have seen what could be and asked why not. – Pablo Picasso
Creativity is just connecting things. – Steve Jobs
The only time I feel alive is when I’m painting. – Vincent van Gogh
Bad artists copy. Good artists steal. – Pablo Picasso
Art is more important than the artist – have no attachment to your own art. It is regressive, move on. – Shah Rukh Khan
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