An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.

Andy Warhol

artist is somebody, people, art

The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.

Pablo Picasso

The beginning is the most important part of the work.

Plato

beginning, important, work, art

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.

Henry Ward Beecher

ART, PAINTS

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

hear, paint, art

It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.

Albert Einstein

ART, JOY IN CREATIVE EXPRESSION AND KNOWLEDGE

Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

Winston Churchill

tradition, art, innovation

Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed.

Khalil Gibran

step, obvious, art

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

Henry Miller

always, alone, artist, art