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Life doesn’t imitate art, it imitates bad television.

(1935 – ) movie actor, director & comedian

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

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

The Mushroom in Christian Art

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

I don’t paint things; I only paint the difference between things.

(1869 – 1954) French artist

Every time I paint a portrait I lose a friend.

(1856 – 1925) American artist & portrait painter

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

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

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

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

I doubt that art needed [John] Ruskin any more than a moving train needs one of its passengers to shove it.

(1937 – ) British playwright & screenwriter

Art is science made clear.

(1876 – 1933) screenwriter

You want to know how I think art should be taught to children? … Take them to a museum and say, “This is art, and you can’t do it.”

(1945 – ) comedian, actor, writer, playwright & musician

Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.

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

It makes me look as if I were straining a stool.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator

Painting: The art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic.

(1842 – 1914) author & satirist

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

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

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

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

(1874 – 1936) English author & mystery novelist

There is no more somber enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

(1903 – 1974) English intellectual, literary critic & writer

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

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

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

(1802 – 1873) English painter

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