Artist Quotes of Creative Inspiration

Quotes are a look into the minds of others that can help us evaluate our outlook on our creative inspiration.  These are a few that I found interesting and inspiring.

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

Pablo Picasso

Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.

Stella Adler

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

Henri Matisse

An artist never really finishes his work; he merely abandons it.

Paul Valéry

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. — Charles Horton Cooley

The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.

Paul Strand

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

Oscar Wild

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life. Pablo Picasso

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Marc Chagall 

The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.

Piet Mondrian

Those who do not want to imitate anything, produce nothing.

Salvador Dali