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Art is science made clear.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

Photograph: A picture painted by the sun without instruction in art.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

Bad artists always admire each other’s work.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

Which painting in the National Gallery would I save if there was a fire?… the one nearest the door of course.

(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist

Mr Lewis’ pictures appeared to have been painted by a mailed fist in a cotton glove.

(1887 – 1964) English biographer, critic, novelist & poet

Every child is an artist; the problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

(1881 – 1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker & stage designer

Many are willing to suffer for their art.. few are willing to learn to draw.

(1967 – ) English comedian

Good art is in the wallet of the beholder.

(1958 – ) Australian author

I choose a block of marble and chop off whatever I don’t need.

(1840 – 1917) French sculptor

The finest collection of frames I ever saw.

(1778 – 1829) English chemist

Sex is like art; most of it is pretty bad, and the good stuff is out of your price range.

writer, website creator

The only proof of taste Beckford has shown with his collection is getting rid of it.

(1778 – 1830) English writer, essayist, critic, grammarian & philosopher

If I like it, I say it's mine; if don’t I say it's a fake.

(1881 – 1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker & stage designer

I don’t own any of my own paintings because a Picasso original costs several thousand dollars and that's a luxury I cannot afford.

(1881 – 1973) Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker & stage designer

The Mushroom in Christian Art

No great artist ever sees things as they really are; if he did, he would cease to be an artist.

(1854 – 1900) Irish dramatist, novelist & poet

Why should I paint dead fish, onions and beer glasses; girls are so much prettier. 

(1883 – 1956) French painter & printmaker

Why do they call that funny little statue a bust when it stops right before the part of the body that it’s named after?

(1946 – ) American comedian

Art is a jealous mistress and if a man has a genius for painting, poetry, music, architecture or philosophy, he makes a bad husband and an ill provider.

(1803 – 1882) essayist, poet, & philosopher

Abstract Art: The proof that things are not as bad as they are painted to be.