| Artists Speak
We can get some idea of what it means to be an "artist" from reading these quotes by a few well-known artists. |
Louise Nevelson "The more an artist works the more there is to do" Ad Reinhardt
"I'm a work horse. I like to work. I always did. I've never had a day when I didn't want to compose, I painted or stacked the pieces or something. In my studio I'm as happy as a cow in her stall."
Grant Wood "A man paints with his brains and not with his hands." Michelangelo "I shut my eyes in order to see." Paul Gauguin
"All the really good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow."
Romare Bearden "Art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take the risks." Mark Rothko
"I think the artist has to be something like a whale, swimming with its mouth open absorbing everything until it has what it needs."
