Monday 11 November 2013

I'm going to let the art do the talking

Below are some of my favourite works right now paired with quotes I feel are expressive of their meaning. Enjoy xx

Artist: Unknown
“Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.”
-G.K. Chesterton


Artist: Miriam Sweeney
"An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision"
- James Whistler

Artist: Lora Zombie
“It is good to love many things, for therein lies the true strength, and whosoever loves much performs much, and can accomplish much, and what is done in love is well done.”
― Vincent van Gogh

Artist: Unknown. Can be found on payload.cargocollective.com
“No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time, it’s just that others are behind the times.”
- Martha Graham

Artist: Thomas Hammer
“A painter should begin every canvas with a wash of black, because all things in nature are dark except where exposed by the light.” 
      ― Leonardo da Vinci


Artist: Miranda Skoczek 
"The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery"
- Francis Bacon



Artist: Dave White
"The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance"
- Aristotle 
Artist: Yangyang Pan 
"If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint"

- Edward Hopper

Artist: Screen print from Uncovet
“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone”
― Pablo Picasso

Artist: Unknown
“Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.”
― Oscar Wilde


Artist: Aurore De La Morinerie 
“Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.”
― Pablo Picasso

Artist: Unknown
“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.”
― Thomas MertonNo Man Is an Island

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