24 Amazing Artists Talk About Art

including an exquisite video about Vincent Van Gogh

“If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” — Edward Hopper

“A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.” — Paul Cezanne

“The object isn’t to make art, it’s to be in that wonderful state which makes art inevitable.” — Robert Henri

“The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.” — Francis Bacon

“It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.” — Pablo Picasso

Photo by JOE Planas on Unsplash

“Whether you succeed or not is irrelevant, there is no such thing. Making your unknown known is the important thing.” — Georgia O’Keeffe

“The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same…