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

(1840 – 1917) French sculptor

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

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

(1883 – 1956) French painter & printmaker

Art is making something out of nothing and selling it.

(1940 – 1993) composer, guitarist, record producer & film director

[Art is] the reasoned derangement of the senses.

(1905 – 1982) American poet, translator & critical essayist

Art, like morality, consists in drawing a line somewhere.

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do? 

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

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

(1856 – 1925) American artist & portrait painter

There is one thing on earth more terrible than English music, and that is English painting.

(1797 – 1856) German critic & poet

The Mushroom in Christian Art

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

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

It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money.

(1947 – ) American columnist & humorist

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

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

Good art is in the wallet of the beholder.

(1958 – ) Australian author

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do? 

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

If an artist has talent, he needs no other critic.

American writer

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

If people only knew as much about painting as I do, they would never buy my pictures.

(1802 – 1873) English painter

An artist cannot talk about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.

(1889 – 1963) French poet, novelist, playwright, artist & filmmaker

The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.

(1910 – 1993) editor & novelist

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

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