Top 90 Artwork Quotes

For artists, we’re always looking for approval. We’re putting our artwork out there and saying, ‘What do you think?’

I’ve always liked writing. Even when I was in art school and thought I was going to be a gallery painter, I liked to pair my artwork with writing. And so that naturally led to drawing comics.

I started drawing when I was about 2, mostly pictures of my mother and my sister. When I got into school, instead of taking the notes that I should have been taking, I was drawing in all of my notebooks. It was an artwork thing for me at first.

The records I make, I’m there from the writing of the first note through the click tracks to the miking of the drums to the editing of everything to the production to the vocals to the artwork.

I’m an unabashed fan of ‘The New Yorker.’ I do feel proud when I see my artwork in there.

I ride a bicycle. I make artwork and do other kinds of stuff – but in terms of unwind, I like to play tennis and ride.

J. Cole’s 2014 ‘Forrest Hills Drive.’ The album, artwork, and director of that album was a huge influence on the visuals for ‘Homecoming King.’

I’m very hands on with my music – I do all the artwork and everything myself – and the songs I write aren’t necessarily the most commercial.

I’m somebody who likes codes and ciphers and chases and artwork and architecture, and all the things you find in a Robert Langdon thriller.

At a certain point, I had so much artwork that I decided to respect the art and present them in a nice way, not just on a dusty shelf.

The mystical poetry of William Blake’s artwork also forms the basis for the album cover.

It’s wonderful to see art in a museum, but it is institutionalised. I don’t like the idea of the artwork as something that requires special conditions. I would like it to be universal.

I learned how to incorporate heirloom furniture, artwork and objects d’art to work with exciting new contemporary pieces.

I really love Instagram for the artwork.

There’s the drums, the music, the melodies, the lyrics, the production, the artwork: there are so many elements to making an album, and the drumming is just a very small fraction of what I focus on.

Whenever anyone puts decor or artwork on the walls, it’s always personal. You want people to come into your home and see something that reflects your personality.

You should create a work that is so valuable it might eventually sell at a high price, but you’ve got to concentrate on how you create that artwork.

Artwork is a representation of our devotion to life.

There’s a tacit belief that actors shouldn’t write books, they’re sort of allowed to direct movies but there will be a lot of skepticism, and they shouldn’t do artwork or music. There are these invisible roadblocks to gain entree to these areas for actors, and you kind of have to crash through those invisible barriers.

I think, for me, Julian Schnabel set a great precedent in being able to cross over so successfully. I feel like his artwork is kind of big, grand, and bombastic, yet the films that he makes are very beautifully sensitive, and I just feel that his filmmaking sensibility is very different from his artwork.

Even when I do really big pieces, I do them strips by strips – so you have to paste, you have to involve people. It’s a whole process. And I like that. For me, that’s where the artwork is.

The only thing they really get to pick is the single. But I get to pick the producer, the songs on the record, the final masters, the artwork. Basically, I hand them a record.

Any material may be used but the theme is the same and the response is the same for all artwork… we all have the same concern, but the artist must know exactly what the experience is. He must pursue the truth relentlessly.

It is a truth universally acknowledged that M. Dirda is a sucker for anything bookish in the way of artwork.

Jazz is very much a part of my life. I work with the Thelonious Monk Institute and do the artwork for their program every year.

I draw my own stuff. I do my own cover artwork.

I knew a bit about the capabilities of HTML5 and have always had a preoccupation with technology. I wanted to delve deeper, to see what else it could do. The technology becomes the palette that you make the artwork with, your palette and your paint.

I never expected the White House to be warm, and the artwork on the walls was extraordinary. I am a fan of the Louvre, but being there it was almost just as good.

I personally really like getting a proper album with artwork and everything.

I really enjoy sculpting, like wood carving, and do artwork.

You have to have patience and confidence that your things will let you know where they need to go. Particularly artwork. Paintings will tell you where they want to be.

I enjoy singing my songs in front of people. I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that.

For some people, maybe my artwork just seems like fantasy or something. However, if you have had any kind of a mystical or cosmic experience, I guess, then people seem to recognize the territory.

Whenever you finish an artwork and the viewer comes and views it, at that moment you’ve given up control.

I love hats; I love putting hats on. They are artwork. You can always go out and find a dress to wear for some occasion, but there are not that many occasions you can wear a hat.

Despite erasure by the media and other patriarchal institutions, there was, by 1975, a substantial body of feminist writings as well as artwork, music, films, and organization of all kinds.

All my album artwork is body painting.

I wrote a graphic novel called ‘Soul Stealer’ with big, beautiful, epic artwork by Chris Shy. It grew into a trilogy.

I love fashion and appreciate it so much, and I feel like it’s moving artwork going down a runway.

I have to speak for myself. As far as videos go – casting, the artwork, everything – I’m completely hands-on. You have to be if you want your points across.

I think making a movie is like drawing or creating an art piece. The artwork reflects part of your personality, but not all.

Artificial light is used because you can control it better. Technically, it is more homogeneous, more delicate, and less damaging to artwork. But I think it’s interesting when the visitor can see variations in the light, when it is not only technical or suitable.

I’ve noticed women my age and a little younger, anywhere from 35 to 50, saying, ‘Who would want to bring kids into a world like this?’ Or, ‘I don’t want to spend my life that way. I want to do my artwork.’ And they’re very unapologetically stating this.

Frank is such a great visual storyteller, that if you study his artwork you see that his Sin City books are already the best movies never seen on the big screen.

I don’t even know how to sell a piece of artwork of mine because it’s so personal.

I wish my artwork could persuade millions of people to join a global conversation about sustainability.

I think having artwork, lyrics, credits and such like are things that people really value. It’s hard work to come up with something like that, but I think it’s worth it.

I would say my favorite is probably the ‘Colder’ video. Just because that sort of brings the album artwork to life. It’s not my favorite song on the album, but visually, I think it just came out exactly how I had it in my head.

When I’m working on an idea I have a very high level of expectations. If we do a video it has to be high level. Artwork has to be really good.

My artwork is in order to seduce people into thinking.

Because my parents are Rwandan, there was always a lot of colour and artwork in our house and that informed my love of bright and vibrant clothes.

I began collecting artwork as a way to help young artists to promote their work as well as to increase awareness of contemporary art among the younger generation.

You go and you see a piece of art; you’re looking at it outside of you. When you listen to a song, the singer’s voice is being put together in your own head. The effort that you as the listener has is part of the artwork in a sense.

I enjoy being involved in making the artwork for albums and stupid stuff like that.

In an artwork you’re always looking for artistic decisions, so an ashtray is perfect. An ashtray has got life and death.

My theory is that if I can stay present in the moment in my life as frequent as possible the artwork will be more reflective of my nature and my experiences.

Bikers, in general, have just been so attractive to people. Photographers would follow them because there’s this weird warrior gravitas that comes with it. The bikes are loud, they have tattoos, they have artwork that they all wear on their jackets.

Convincing Robert Englund to come out of retirement to play Freddy Krueger one last time is a true bucket-list moment for me as a writer. I’ve been a longtime obsessive fan, collecting Freddy artwork and action figures.

I recently discovered Artkive, a wonderful app that allows you to archive your child’s artwork and create cool gifts like photo albums, mugs, mousepads, etc. It’s very easy to use, and since Arabella is such a talented artist, I’m a pro!