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Needing a little inspiration to begin a series of large paintings, I looked through some art related quotes. These are the ones that resonated with me:

1. "Art gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and life to everything"   -Plato   

2. "Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time"  - Thomas Merton

3. "Art is not what you see, but what you make others see"  -Edgar Degas

4. "One must spoil as many canvases as one succeeds with"  - Vincent Van Gogh

5. "Every artist was first an amateur"  -Ralph Waldo Emerson

6. "Every child is an artist, the problem is staying an artist when you grow up "  -Pablo Picasso

7. "Creativity takes courage"  -Henri Matisse

8. "If you hear a voice within you say 'you can not paint', then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced"  -Vincent Van Gogh

9.  "The most important thing about art is to work. Nothing else matters except sitting down everyday and trying."  -Steven Pressfield

       (The War of Art)

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

11. "To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing"  -Elbert Hubbard

12. "A true artist is not one who is inspired but one who inspires others"  -Salvador Dali

13. "A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art"   -Paul Cezanne

14. "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'Keefe

On a more humorous note here is a quote from Calvin and Hobbes:

15. "As my artist's statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance"  -Calvin

Hope you enjoyed reading these and that they have helped to inspire you towards your next project. Do any of these resonate with you? Do you have other personal favorites? Check out  Famous Artist Quotes, Inspirational Quotes by famous artists to spark your creativity, on www.jerrysartarama.com