Famous Quotes and Proverbs
If you are looking for famous quotes and proverbs, you've come to the right place! Browse our largest database, which contains over 150,000 quotations, proverbs and sayings by the most renowned poets, artists, authors, inventors and researchers both living and deceased. Use our famous quotes and proverbs to support the content of your essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation. Be inspired by our quotes, proverbs and sayings now!
Search our collection by author, topic or keyword. It's completely FREE!
Browse Topics:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
(Click a letter to view the topics)
(Click a letter to view the topics)
Letter "A" » Art
«An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.»
«An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc.»
Author: Henri Matisse
(Artist, Painter)
| About:
Art
| Keywords:
artist, etc., etc, in style, My Style, prisoner, reputation, style, styled, The Prisoner of
«An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.»
Author: Jean Cocteau
(Actor, Film Director, Novelist, Painter, Poet)
| About:
Art
| Keywords:
discuss, horticulture
«An artist must only judge what he understands; his field is just as restricted as any other specialists»
Author: Anton Chekhov
| About:
Art
| Keywords:
restrict, restricted, restricting, restricts, specialists, The Specialist
«An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them.»
Author: Andy Warhol
(Artist)
| About:
Art,
Ideas
| Keywords:
For some, for some reason, good idea, produces
«An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language.»
Author: Henri Matisse
(Artist, Painter)
| About:
Art
| Keywords:
efforts, enable, express, identifies, identify, identifying, masteries, mastery, prepare, rhythm, rhythm and, their own language
«An artist is only an ordinary man with a greater potentiality--same stuff, same make up, only more force. And the strong driving force usually finds his weak spot, and he goes cranked, or goes under.»
Author: D.H. Lawrence
(Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Art,
Potential
| Keywords:
crank, cranked, Cranks, driving, driving force, potentiality, weak spot
«An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original.»
«An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation»
Author: Joseph Conrad
| About:
Art
«An artist that works in marble or colors has them all to himself and his tribe, but the man who molds his thoughts in verse has to employ the materials vulgarized by everybody's use, and glorify them by his handling»
Research our database of free Biographies. Sign-up for the database of college sample papers for only $14.95/month. Buy a custom written essay, term paper, research paper or dissertation on any topic and get a discount!
