“I think of painting without subject matter as music without words.” — Art of Quotation

“I think of painting without subject matter as music without words.” — Kenneth Noland, painter

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Art is a nation’s most precious heritage — Art of Quotation

“Art is a nation’s most precious heritage. For it is in our works of art that we reveal to ourselves and to others the inner vision which guides us as a nation. And where there is no vision, the people perish.” –Lyndon Johnson, on signing into existence the National Endowment on the Arts, president, political […]

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“Real style is not having a program

“Real style is not having a program – it’s how one behaves in a crisis.” – Frank Auerbach, German, British, painter, draftsman

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“It is the mysterious that I love in painting… I want my pictures to…” — Art of Quotation

“It is the mysterious that I love in painting. It is the stillness and the silence. I want my pictures to take effect very slowly, to obsess and to haunt.” — William Baziotes, painter

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“You shouldn’t be a prisoner of your own ideas.” — Art of Quotation

“You shouldn’t be a prisoner of your own ideas.” — Sol LeWitt, printmaker, photographer, painter, draftsman, conceptual art, minimalist art

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“The spirit of creation is an excruciating, intricate exploration from within the soul.” — Art of Quotation

“Artists create out of a sense of desolation. The spirit of creation is a excruciating, intricate exploration from within the soul.” – El Greco, Greek, painter

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“The intellect is a great danger to creativity … because …” — Art of Quotation

“The intellect is a great danger to creativity … because you begin to rationalize and make up reasons for things, instead of staying with your own basic truth — who you are, what you are, what you want to be.” Ray Bradbury, writer

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