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¨If you hear a voice within you say, ‘You cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that
voice will be silenced”
“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.”
“Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.”
“We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.”
“Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than
seen
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
“I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things
I had no words for.”
“I hold that the perfection of form and beauty is contained in the sum of all men.”
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”
“In art, what we want is the certainty that one spark of original genius shall not be
extinguished.”
“A work of art which isn’t based on feeling isn’t art at all.”
“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.”
“You can’t wait for inspiration, you have to go after it with a club.”
“Imagination is the beginning of creation. You imagine what you desire, you will what you
imagine, and at last, you create what you will.”
“Creativity is more than just being different. Anybody can plan weird; that’s easy. What’s
hard is to be as simple as Bach. Making the simple, awesomely simple, that’s creativity.”
“Originality is nothing but judicious imitation.”
“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious, and anything self-
conscious is lousy. You can’t try to do things. You simply must do things.”
“Creativity is just connecting things. When you ask creative people how they did
something, they feel a little guilty because they didn’t really do it, they just saw something.
It seemed obvious to them after a while.”
“You see things; and you say, ‘Why?’ But I dream things that never were; and I say, ‘Why
not’?”
“You can’t use up creativity. The more the you use, the more you have.” –Maya Angelou
“Passion is one great force that unleashes creativity, because if you’re passionate about
something, then you’re more willing to take risks.”
“Creative work is a gift to the world and every being in it. Don’t cheat us of your
contribution. Give us what you’ve got.”
“Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.”
“Art is the stored honey of the human soul.”
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
“Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.”
“I think of art as the highest level of creativity. To me, it is one of the greatest sources of
enjoyment.”
“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.”
“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.”
“They always say time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.”
“It is important to express oneself…provided the feelings are real and are taken from you
own experience.”
“In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.”
“Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown
known is the important thing.”
“What moves men of genius, or rather what inspires their work, is not new ideas, but their
obsession with the idea that what has already been said is still not enough.”
“If I create from the heart, nearly everything works; if from the head, almost nothing.”
“I paint for myself. I don’t know how to do anything else, anyway. Also, I have to earn my
living, and occupy myself.”
“If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at
all.”
“Nature is not only all that is visible to the eye, it also includes the inner pictures of the
soul.”
“The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward
significance.”
“No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.”
“Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.”
“Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.”
“I want to touch people with my art. I want them to say, ‘he feels deeply, he feels tenderly.”
“Art is a lie that makes us realize truth.”
“An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.”
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”
“The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few
feet away. It is always on his doorstep.”
“Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those
who matter don’t mind.”
“If a man devotes himself to art, much evil is avoided that happens otherwise if one is idle.”
“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.”
“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to
live out loud.”
“The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.”
“A man paints with his brains and not with his hands.”
“The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.”
“I invent nothing, I rediscover.”
“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
“The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense.”
“Color is the place where our brain and the universe meet.”
“Learn the rules like a pro so you can break them like an artist.”
ɪf ju hir ə vɔɪs wɪˈðɪn ju seɪ, ju ˈkænɑt peɪnt,’ ðɛn baɪ ɔl minz peɪnt, ænd ðæt vɔɪs wɪl bi
ˈsaɪlənst”
“doʊnt θɪŋk əˈbaʊt ˈmeɪkɪŋ ɑrt, ʤʌst gɛt ɪt dʌn. lɛt ˈɛvriˌwʌn ɛls ˌdɪˈsaɪd ɪf ɪts gʊd ɔr bæd,
ˈwɛðər ðeɪ lʌv ɪt ɔr heɪt ɪt. waɪl ðeɪ ɑr ˌdɪˈsaɪdɪŋ, meɪk ˈivɪn mɔr ɑrt.”
“ɑrt ɪz ə kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃən bɪˈtwin gɑd ænd ði ˈɑrtəst, ænd ðə lɛs ði ˈɑrtəst dʌz ðə ˈbɛtər.”
“ˈpeɪntɪŋ ɪz ˈpoʊətri ðæt ɪz sin ˈræðər ðæn fɛlt, ænd ˈpoʊətri ɪz ˈpeɪntɪŋ ðæt ɪz fɛlt ˈræðər
ðæn sin
“aɪ hoʊld ðæt ðə pərˈfɛkʃən ʌv fɔrm ænd ˈbjuti ɪz kənˈteɪnd ɪn ðə sʌm ʌv ɔl mɛn.”
“ɪn ɑrt, wʌt wi wɑnt ɪz ðə ˈsɜrtənti ðæt wʌn spɑrk ʌv əˈrɪʤənəl ˈʤinjəs ʃæl nɑt bi ɪk
ˈstɪŋgwɪʃt.”
“ˈɛvriˌbɑdi bɔrn kʌmz frʌm ðə kriˈeɪtər ˈtreɪlɪŋ wɪsps ʌv ˈglɔri. wi kʌm frʌm ðə kriˈeɪtər wɪð
“ju kænt weɪt fɔr ˌɪnspəˈreɪʃən, ju hæv tu goʊ ˈæftər ɪt wɪð ə klʌb.”
“ɪˌmæʤəˈneɪʃən ɪz ðə bɪˈgɪnɪŋ ʌv kriˈeɪʃən. ju ɪˈmæʤən wʌt ju dɪˈzaɪər, ju wɪl wʌt ju ɪ
“ˌkrieɪˈtɪvəti ɪz mɔr ðæn ʤʌst ˈbiɪŋ ˈdɪfərənt. ˈɛnibədi kæn plæn wɪrd; ðæts ˈizi. wʌts hɑrd
“doʊnt θɪŋk. ˈθɪŋkɪŋ ɪz ði ˈɛnəmi ʌv ˌkrieɪˈtɪvəti. ɪts sɛlf-ˈkɑnʃəs, ænd ˈɛniˌθɪŋ sɛlf-ˈkɑnʃəs ɪz
“ˌkrieɪˈtɪvəti ɪz ʤʌst kəˈnɛktɪŋ θɪŋz. wɛn ju æsk kriˈeɪtɪv ˈpipəl haʊ ðeɪ dɪd ˈsʌmθɪŋ, ðeɪ fil ə
ˈlɪtəl ˈgɪlti bɪˈkɔz ðeɪ ˈdɪdənt ˈrɪli du ɪt, ðeɪ ʤʌst sɔ ˈsʌmθɪŋ. ɪt simd ˈɑbviəs tu ðɛm ˈæftər ə
waɪl.”
“ju si θɪŋz; ænd ju seɪ, waɪ?’ bʌt aɪ drim θɪŋz ðæt ˈnɛvər wɜr; ænd aɪ seɪ, waɪ nɑt?”
“ju kænt juz ʌp ˌkrieɪˈtɪvəti. ðə mɔr ðə ju juz, ðə mɔr ju hæv.” –ˈmaɪə ˈænʤəˌlu
“ˈpæʃən ɪz wʌn greɪt fɔrs ðæt ənˈliʃɪz ˌkrieɪˈtɪvəti, bɪˈkɔz ɪf jʊr ˈpæʃənət əˈbaʊt ˈsʌmθɪŋ, ðɛn
“kriˈeɪtɪv wɜrk ɪz ə gɪft tu ðə wɜrld ænd ˈɛvəri ˈbiɪŋ ɪn ɪt. doʊnt ʧit ʌs ʌv jʊər ˌkɑntrəˈbjuʃən.
“ˌkrieɪˈtɪvəti ɪz əˈlaʊɪŋ jərˈsɛlf tu meɪk mɪsˈteɪks. ɑrt ɪz ˈnoʊɪŋ wɪʧ wʌnz tu kip.”
“ˈpeɪntɪŋ ɪz ˈizi wɛn ju doʊnt noʊ haʊ, bʌt ˈvɛri ˈdɪfəkəlt wɛn ju du.”
“aɪ θɪŋk ʌv ɑrt æz ðə ˈhaɪəst ˈlɛvəl ʌv ˌkrieɪˈtɪvəti. tu mi, ɪt ɪz wʌn ʌv ðə ˈgreɪtəst ˈsɔrsəz ʌv
ɛnˈʤɔɪmənt.”
“tu ˈpræktəs ˈɛni ɑrt, noʊ ˈmætər haʊ wɛl ɔr haʊ ˈbædli, ɪz ə weɪ tu meɪk jʊər soʊl groʊ,
ˈvɪʒən. soʊ raɪt ænd drɔ ænd bɪld ænd pleɪ ænd dæns ænd lɪv ˈoʊnli æz ju kæn.”
“ðeɪ ˈɔlˌweɪz seɪ taɪm ˈʧeɪnʤəz θɪŋz, bʌt ju ˈækʧuəli hæv tu ʧeɪnʤ ðɛm jərˈsɛlf.”
oʊn ɪkˈspɪriəns.”
“ɪn ɑrt, ðə hænd kæn ˈnɛvər ˈɛksəˌkjut ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ˈhaɪər ðæn ðə hɑrt kæn ɪˈmæʤən.”
“ˈwɛðər ju səkˈsid ɔr nɑt ɪz ɪˈrɛləvənt, ðɛr ɪz noʊ sʌʧ θɪŋ. ˈmeɪkɪŋ jʊər ənˈnoʊn noʊn ɪz ði
ɪmˈpɔrtənt θɪŋ.”
“wʌt muvz mɛn ʌv ˈʤinjəs, ɔr ˈræðər wʌt ɪnˈspaɪrz ðɛr wɜrk, ɪz nɑt nu aɪˈdiəz, bʌt ðɛr əb
ˈsɛʃən wɪð ði aɪˈdiə ðæt wʌt hæz ɔlˈrɛdi bɪn sɛd ɪz stɪl nɑt ɪˈnʌf.”
“ɪf aɪ kriˈeɪt frʌm ðə hɑrt, ˈnɪrli ˈɛvriˌθɪŋ wɜrks; ɪf frʌm ðə hɛd, ˈɔlˌmoʊst ˈnʌθɪŋ.”
“aɪ peɪnt fɔr ˌmaɪˈsɛlf. aɪ doʊnt noʊ haʊ tu du ˈɛniˌθɪŋ ɛls, ˈɛniˌweɪ. ˈɔlsoʊ, aɪ hæv tu ɜrn
“ɪf ˈpipəl nu haʊ hɑrd aɪ wɜrkt tu gɛt maɪ ˈmæstəri, ɪt ˈwʊdənt sim soʊ ˈwʌndərfəl æt ɔl.”
“ˈneɪʧər ɪz nɑt ˈoʊnli ɔl ðæt ɪz ˈvɪzəbəl tu ði aɪ, ɪt ˈɔlsoʊ ɪnˈkludz ði ˈɪnər ˈpɪkʧərz ʌv ðə
soʊl.”
“wʌn kæn hæv noʊ ˈsmɔlər ɔr ˈgreɪtər ˈmæstəri ðæn ˈmæstəri ʌv ˌwʌnˈsɛlf.”
“ði eɪm ʌv ɑrt ɪz tu ˌrɛprəˈzɛnt nɑt ði ˈaʊtwərd əˈpɪrəns ʌv θɪŋz, bʌt ðɛr ˈɪnwərd səg
ˈnɪfɪkəns.”
“noʊ greɪt ˈɑrtəst ˈɛvər siz θɪŋz æz ðeɪ ˈrɪli ɑr. ɪf hi dɪd, hi wʊd sis tu bi ən ˈɑrtəst.”
“laɪf bits daʊn ænd ˈkrʌʃɪz ðə soʊl ænd ɑrt riˈmaɪndz ju ðæt ju hæv wʌn.”
“aɪ wɑnt tu tʌʧ ˈpipəl wɪð maɪ ɑrt. aɪ wɑnt ðɛm tu seɪ, hi filz ˈdipli, hi filz ˈtɛndərli.”
“ən ˈɑrtəst ɪz nɑt peɪd fɔr hɪz ˈleɪbər bʌt fɔr hɪz ˈvɪʒən.”
“ði ˈɑrtəsts wɜrld ɪz ˈlɪmətləs. ɪt kæn bi faʊnd ˈɛniˌwɛr, fɑr frʌm wɛr hi lɪvz ɔr ə fju fit əˈweɪ.
doʊnt maɪnd.”
“ɪf ə mæn dɪˈvoʊts hɪmˈsɛlf tu ɑrt, mʌʧ ˈivəl ɪz əˈvɔɪdəd ðæt ˈhæpənz ˈʌðərˌwaɪz ɪf wʌn ɪz
ˈaɪdəl.”
“ɪt tʊk mi fɔr jɪrz tu peɪnt laɪk ˌrɑfaɪˈɛl, bʌt ə ˈlaɪfˌtaɪm tu peɪnt laɪk ə ʧaɪld.”
“ɪf ju æsk mi wʌt aɪ keɪm tu du ɪn ðɪs wɜrld, aɪ, ən ˈɑrtəst, wɪl ˈænsər ju: aɪ æm hir tu lɪv aʊt
laʊd.”
“ə mæn peɪnts wɪð hɪz breɪnz ænd nɑt wɪð hɪz hændz.”
“ði ˈɑbʤɛkt ˈɪzənt tu meɪk ɑrt, ɪts tu bi ɪn ðæt ˈwʌndərfəl steɪt wɪʧ meɪks ɑrt ɪˈnɛvətəbəl.”
“ˈɛvəri ˈɑrtəst dɪps hɪz brʌʃ ɪn hɪz oʊn soʊl, ænd peɪnts hɪz oʊn ˈneɪʧər ˈɪntu hɪz ˈpɪkʧərz.”
“lɜrn ðə rulz laɪk ə proʊ soʊ ju kæn breɪk ðɛm laɪk ən ˈɑrtəst.”