The artist gazes upon a reality and creates his own impression. The viewer gazes upon the impression and creates his own reality.
Every great artist raises art to a science, and every great scientist raises science to an art, hence we have Michelangelo's David and Einstein's Theory of Relativity.
There is in art the notion of less is more, which is to say, you don't torture a painting that has already confessed.
Art is an attempt to understand, yielding pleasure in the attempt whether or not we understand.
The artist uses the talent he has, wishing he had more talent. The talent uses the artist it has, wishing it had more artist.
Abstract art is a fundamental distrust of the theory of reality concocted by the eyes.
A painting is what you make of it, besides which, 'Moon, Weeping' has a better ring to it than 'Paintbrush, Dripping.
The first assumption of an art critic is that the artist meant to paint something else.
The artist's talent sits uneasy as an object of public acclaim, having been so long an object of private despair.
O, how much simpler things would be If eyes could paint or brush could see.
There is in every artist's studio a scrap heap of discarded works in which the artist's discipline prevailed against his imagination.
An art critic is someone who appreciates art, except for any particular piece of art.
Sometimes, to pursue a new idea, the artist must forfeit his deposit on an old idea.
The painter puts brush to canvas, and the poet puts pen to paper. The poet has the easier task, for his pen does not alter his rhyme.
An art critic is someone who hopes to see his ideas translated to canvas without having to learn how to paint.
There is always, in the fine arts, a physical interface between the artist's esthetic vision and the material result he seeks. The interface may be the application of brush to canvas, chisel to marble, bow to string... It may be the control of voice in song or the control of body in dance. It is the mastery of the interface that comprises the artistry; it is what constitutes the 'art' in fine art.
