“Every child is an artist; the problem is staying an artist when you grow up”
– Pablo Picasso
“If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced”
– Vincent Van Gogh
“Creativity takes courage.”
– Henri Matisse
“Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art.”
– Andy Warhol
“We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”
– Bob Ross
“Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.”
– Andre Gide
“Every artist was first an amateur.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
– Pablo Picasso
“There is nothing more truly artistic than to love people.”
– Vincent van Gogh
“A work of art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t art at all.”
– Paul Cézanne
“In art, what we want is the certainty that one spark of original genius shall not be extinguished.”
– Mary Cassatt
“I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men.”
– Albrecht Dürer
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”
– Edgar Degas
“Life is art. Art is life. I never separate it.” – Ai Weiwei
“Creativity is contagious, pass it on.”
– Albert Einstein
“Everybody born comes from the Creator trailing wisps of glory. We come from the Creator with creativity. I think that each one of us is born with creativity.”
– Maya Angelou
“Art must be an expression of love or it is nothing.”
– Marc Chagall
“Don’t be an art critic, but paint, there lies salvation.”
– Paul Cézanne
“If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.”
– Marc Chagall
“Art is the stored honey of the human soul.”
– Theodore Dreiser
“Great art picks up where nature ends.”
– Marc Chagall
“if you want to live an authentic, meaningful life, you need to master the art of disappointing and upsetting others, hurting feelings, and living with the reality that some people just won’t like you. It may not be easy, but it’s essential if you want your life to reflect your deepest desires, values, and needs.” ― Cheryl Richardson, The Art of Extreme Self-Care: Transform Your Life One Month at a Time
“The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live only as you can.”
– Neil Gaiman
“To practice any art, no matter how well or how badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. So do it.”
– Kurt Vonnegut
“The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.”
– Piet Mondrian
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