An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. Charles Cooley
The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before. Neil Gaiman
Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time. Thomas Merton
The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ sense. Pablo Picasso
Every act of creation is first an act of destruction. Pablo Picasso
We must never forget that art is not a form of propaganda; it is a form of truth. John F. Kennedy
In any art you’re allowed to steal anything if you can make it better. Ernest Hemingway
Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious. Oscar Wilde
You can look at a picture for a week and never think of it again. You can also look at the picture for a second and think of it all your life. Joan Miro
If I paint something, I don’t want to have to explain what it is. Bob Ross
An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success. Henri Matisse
Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art. Leonardo da Vinci