101 Quotes Artists Get Daily Inspired By

ARTISTS INSPIRING QUOTES

You are a creative person who needs a Boost of inspiration?
In this blog post, I have 101 quotes by famous artists to motivate you.
These quotes are funny, smart, and pretty helpful when you take the time to appreciate them.

Get inspired by them!
They will make you happy, passionate, and purposeful.
They will also teach you how to overcome challenges and improve your drawing skills daily!


1. “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” – Edgar Degas

1. “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” – Edgar Degas
Quote from Edgar Degas

2. “The purpose of art is to make the invisible visible.” – Paul Klee

2. “The purpose of art is to make the invisible visible.” – Paul Klee
Quote from Paul Klee

3. “Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.” – Pablo Picasso

3. "Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth." - Pablo Picasso
Quote from Pablo Picasso

4. “Art is the highest form of hope.” – Gerhard Richter

4. "Art is the highest form of hope." - Gerhard Richter
Quote from Gerhard Richter

5. “Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” – Twyla Tharp

5. "Art is the only way to run away without leaving home." - Twyla Tharp
Quote from Twyla Tharp

6. “Art is the language of the soul.” – Barbara De Angelis

6. "Art is the language of the soul." - Barbara De Angelis
Quote from Barbara De Angelis

7. “Art is a way of recognizing oneself.” – Louise Bourgeois

7. "Art is a way of recognizing oneself." - Louise Bourgeois
Quote from Louise Bourgeois

8. “Art is the proper task of life.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

8. "Art is the proper task of life." - Friedrich Nietzsche
Quote from Friedrich Nietzsche

9. “Art is the reflection of the soul.” – Mary Woronov

9. "Art is the reflection of the soul." - Mary Woronov
Quote from Mary Woronov

10. “Art is the signature of civilizations.” – Beverly Sills

10. "Art is the signature of civilizations." - Beverly Sills
Quote from Beverly Sills

11. “Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all – oneself.” – Lilian Gish

11. "Art is a journey into the most unknown thing of all - oneself." - Lilian Gish
Quote from Lilian Gish

12. “Art is the lie that tells the truth.” – Jean Cocteau

12. "Art is the lie that tells the truth." - Jean Cocteau
Quote from Jean Cocteau

13. “Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.” – Oscar Wilde

13. "Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known." - Oscar Wilde
Quote from Oscar Wilde

14. “Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced.” – Leo Tolstoy

14. "Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced." - Leo Tolstoy
Quote from Leo Tolstoy

15. “Art is the expression of the profoundest thoughts in the simplest way.” – Albert Einstein

15. "Art is the expression of the profoundest thoughts in the simplest way." - Albert Einstein
Quote from Albert Einstein

16. “Art is the highest form of human expression.” – R. Buckminster Fuller

16. "Art is the highest form of human expression." - R. Buckminster Fuller
Quote from R. Buckminster Fuller

17. “Art is the queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world.” – Leonardo da Vinci

17. "Art is the queen of all sciences communicating knowledge to all the generations of the world." - Leonardo da Vinci
Quote from Leonardo da Vinci

19. “Art is the only way to escape without leaving home.” – Twyla Tharp

19. "Art is the only way to escape without leaving home." - Twyla Tharp
Quote from Twyla Tharp

20. “Art is the only way to express what cannot be said.” – Unknown

20. "Art is the only way to express what cannot be said." - Unknown
Quote from Unknown

21. “Art is the only way to see the invisible.” – Maurice Merleau-Ponty

21. "Art is the only way to see the invisible." - Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Quote from Maurice Merleau-Ponty

22. “Art is the only way to understand the world.” – Jean Dubuffet

22. "Art is the only way to understand the world." - Jean Dubuffet
Quote from Jean Dubuffet

23. “Art is the realization of a dream in the reality of life.” – Paul Gauguin

23. "Art is the realization of a dream in the reality of life." - Paul Gauguin
Quote from Paul Gauguin

24. “Art is the soul made visible.” – Sarah Ban Breathnach

24. "Art is the soul made visible." - Sarah Ban Breathnach
Quote from Sarah Ban Breathnach

25. “Art is the triumph over chaos.” – John Cheever

25. "Art is the triumph over chaos." - John Cheever
Quote from John Cheever

26. “Art is the ultimate expression of human creativity.” – Unknown

26. "Art is the ultimate expression of human creativity." - Unknown
Quote from Unknown

27. “Art is what makes life more interesting than art.” – Robert Filliou

27. "Art is what makes life more interesting than art." - Robert Filliou
Quote from Robert Filliou

28. “Art is what you can get away with.” – Andy Warhol

28. "Art is what you can get away with." - Andy Warhol
Quote from Andy Warhol

29. “Art is where work meets love.” – Unknown

29. "Art is where work meets love." - Unknown
Quote from Unknown

30. “Art is without boundaries.” – Unknown

30. "Art is without boundaries." - Unknown
Quote from Unknown

31. “Art is your personal diary where you may color your thoughts and emotions on a page.”
– Sara, The Artful Parent

31. "Art is your personal diary where you may color your thoughts and emotions on a page." 
- Sara, The Artful Parent
Quote from Sara, The Artful Parent

36. “Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable.” – Cesar Cruz

36. "Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable." - Cesar Cruz
Quote from Cezar Cruz

37. “Art should evoke emotion.” – Unknown

37. "Art should evoke emotion." - Unknown
Quote from Unknown

38. “Art should inspire and provoke.” – Unknown

38. "Art should inspire and provoke." - Unknown
Quote from Unknown

39. “Art should make you feel something.” – Unknown

39. "Art should make you feel something." - Unknown
Quote from Unknown

40. “Art should make you think.” – Unknown

40. "Art should make you think." - Unknown
Quote from Unknown

41. “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” – Pablo Picasso

41. "Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life." - Pablo Picasso
Quote from Pablo Picasso

42. “Artistic expression is a doorway to the soul.” – Unknown

42. "Artistic expression is a doorway to the soul." - Unknown
Quote from Unknown

43. “Artistic expression is the language of the soul.” – Unknown

43. "Artistic expression is the language of the soul." - Unknown
Quote from Unknown

44. “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” – Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

44. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder." - Margaret Wolfe Hungerford
Quote from Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

45. “Creativity takes courage.” – Henri Matisse

45. "Creativity takes courage." - Henri Matisse
Quote from Henri Matisse

46. “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.” – Pablo Picasso

46. "Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." - Pablo Picasso
Quote from Pablo Picasso

47. “Every artist was first an amateur.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

47. "Every artist was first an amateur." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

48. “Great art picks up where nature ends.” – Marc Chagall

48. "Great art picks up where nature ends." - Marc Chagall
Quote from Marc Chagall

49. “I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn’t say any other way – things I had no words for.” – Georgia O’Keeffe

49. "I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for." - Georgia O'Keeffe
Quote from Georgia O’Keeffe

50. “I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.” – Pablo Picasso

50. "I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them." - Pablo Picasso
Quote from Pablo Picasso

51. “I would rather die of passion than of boredom.” – Vincent van Gogh

51. "I would rather die of passion than of boredom." - Vincent van Gogh
Quote from Vincent van Gogh

52. “If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent van Gogh

52. "If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced." - Vincent van Gogh
Quote from Vincent van Gogh

53. “Imagination is more important than knowledge.” – Albert Einstein

53. "Imagination is more important than knowledge." - Albert Einstein
Quote from Albert Einstein

54. “In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

54. "In art, the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can inspire." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

55. “Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can.” – Danny Kaye

55. "Life is a great big canvas, and you should throw all the paint on it you can." - Danny Kaye
Quote from Danny Kaye

56. “Life is the art of drawing without an eraser.” – John W. Gardner

56. "Life is the art of drawing without an eraser." - John W. Gardner
Quote from John W. Gardner

57. “Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

57. "Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
Quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson

58. “No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.” – Oscar Wilde


59. “Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.” – Pablo Picasso

59. "Painting is just another way of keeping a diary." - Pablo Picasso
Quote from Pablo Picasso

60. “Painting is easy when you don’t know how, but very difficult when you do.” – Edgar Degas

60. "Painting is easy when you don't know how, but very difficult when you do." - Edgar Degas
Quote from Edgar Degas

61. “Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.” – Plutarch

61. "Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks." - Plutarch
Quote from Plutarch

62. “The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.” – Pablo Picasso

62. "The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web." - Pablo Picasso
Quote from Pablo Picasso

63. “The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.” – Émile Zola

63. "The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work." - Émile Zola
Quote from Émile Zola

64. “The artist is the person who makes life more interesting or beautiful, more understandable or mysterious, or probably, in the best sense, more wonderful.” – George Bellows

64. "The artist is the person who makes life more interesting or beautiful, more understandable or mysterious, or probably, in the best sense, more wonderful." - George Bellows
Quote from George Bellows

65. “The artist’s job is to be a witness to his time in history.” – Robert Rauschenberg

65. "The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history." - Robert Rauschenberg
Quote from Robert Rauschenberg

66. “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.” – Aristotle

66. "The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance." - Aristotle
Quote from Aristotle

67. “The object of art is to give life a shape.” – William Shakespeare

67. "The object of art is to give life a shape." - William Shakespeare
Quote from William Shakespeare

68. “The purpose of art is to make the invisible visible.” – Paul Klee

68. "The purpose of art is to make the invisible visible." - Paul Klee
Quote from Paul Klee

69. “The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own.” – Suzanne Langer

69. "The purpose of art is to raise people to a higher level of awareness than they would otherwise attain on their own." - Suzanne Langer
Quote from Suzanne Langer

70. “The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.” – Michelangelo

70. "The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection." - Michelangelo
Quote from Michelangelo

71. “The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before.” – Neil Gaiman

71. "The world always seems brighter when you've just made something that wasn't there before." - Neil Gaiman
Quote from Neil Gaiman

72. “There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun.” – Pablo Picasso

72. There are painters who transform the sun into a yellow spot, but there are others who, with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into the sun. - Pablo Picasso
Quote from Pablo Picasso

73. “To be an artist is to believe in life.” – Henry Moore

73. "To be an artist is to believe in life." - Henry Moore
Quote from Henri Moore

74. “To create something from nothing is one of the greatest feelings, and I would – I don’t know, I wish it upon everybody. It’s heaven.” – André 3000

74. "To create something from nothing is one of the greatest feelings, and I would - I don't know, I wish it upon everybody. It's heaven." - André 3000
Quote from André 3000

75. “To draw, you must close your eyes and sing.” – Pablo Picasso

Quote from Pablo Picasso

76. “To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it.” – Kurt Vonnegut

76. "To practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. So do it." - Kurt Vonnegut
Quote from Kurt Vonnegut

77. “True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.” – Albert Einstein

77. "True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist." - Albert Einstein
Quote from Albert Einstein

78. “We don’t make mistakes, just happy little accidents.” – Bob Ross

78. "We don't make mistakes, just happy little accidents." - Bob Ross
Quote from Bob Ross

79. “What art offers is space – a certain breathing room for the spirit.” – John Updike

79. "What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit." - John Updike
Quote from John Updike

80. “What is art? It is the response of man’s creative soul to the call of the real.” – Rabindranath Tagore

80. "What is art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the real." - Rabindranath Tagore
Quote from 80. "What is art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of the real." - Rabindranath TagoreQuote from Rabindranath Tagore

81. “When I am in my painting, I’m not aware of what I’m doing.” – Jackson Pollock

81. "When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing." - Jackson Pollock
Quote from Jason Pollock

82. “When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.” – John Ruskin

82. "When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece." - John Ruskin
Quote from John Ruskin

83. “Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.” – George Bernard Shaw

83. "Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable." - George Bernard Shaw
Quote from George Bernard Shaw

84. “You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou

84. "You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." - Maya Angelou
Quote from Maya Angelou

85. “You don’t take a photograph, you make it.” – Ansel Adams

85. "You don't take a photograph, you make it." - Ansel Adams
Quote from Ansel Adams

86. “You don’t make art out of good intentions.” – Gustave Flaubert

86. "You don't make art out of good intentions." - Gustave Flaubert
Quote from Gustave Flaubert

87. “You don’t make art, you find it.” – Pablo Picasso

87. "You don't make art, you find it." - Pablo Picasso
Quote from Pablo Picasso

88. “You don’t need any brains to listen to music.” – Luciano Pavarotti

89. "You see things; and you say 'Why?' 
But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not? - George Bernard Shaw

89. “You see things; and you say ‘Why?’
But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not? – George Bernard Shaw

89. "You see things; and you say 'Why?' 
But I dream things that never were; and I say Why not? - George Bernard Shaw
Quote from George Bernard Shaw

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