Art

Great artists suffer for the people.

—Marvin Gaye

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears.

—Gertrude Stein

A good painting to me has always been like a friend. It keeps me company, comforts and inspires.

—Hedy Lamarr

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth.

—Theodor W. Adorno

In art, the obvious is a sin.

—Edward Dmytryk

Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects.

—Hans Hofmann

Painting completed my life.

—Frida Kahlo

Art is I; science is we.

—Claude Bernard

The biggest problem with every art is by the use of appearance to create a loftier reality.

—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.

—Twyla Tharp

Art is not a thing; it is a way.

—Elbert Hubbard

Art is the stored honey of the human soul, gathered on wings of misery and travail.

—Theodore Dreiser

I decided that if I could paint that flower in a huge scale, you could not ignore its beauty.

—Georgia O'Keeffe

It is not in life, but in art that self-fulfillment is to be found.

—Wilson Mizner

Nature engenders the science of painting.

—Robert Delaunay