“The many great paintings of the world, all make the point as clear as possible: The soul cannot thrive in the absence of art. If you don’t want the pleasure of art, you are not human; and if you are not human, you don’t have a soul.”
“There is only one valuable thing in art: the thing you cannot explain.” Georges Braque
“Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.” Edward Hopper
“My name is Marc, my emotional life is sensitive and my purse is empty, but they say I have talent.” Marc Chagall
“Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.” Oscar Wilde
This painting is one of my favorites, I can look at this image for a very long time, get lost in this painting, like I am the one sitting there, drinking a glass of wine. Le Bistro or The Wine Shop (1909) Edward Hopper
“Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.” Franz Liszt
“Fairies” Federica Nightingale (b. 1964) is an Italian collagist and poet. What I love most about her works is the magic of it! As if she has transfered her poetry into images. http://www.passionofart.com/FedericaNightingale/my_artworks#gal
“Whatever an artist’s personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He acts from or upon other artists.” Willem de Kooning
A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. ~Leopold Stokowski
