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Below is a collection of quotes specially selected to encourage and inspire. a page of quotes that apply to visual art generally and watercolor specifically. send us your favorite art quote via email. please include author and source. all submissions will be seriously considered for inclusion on this page.

 

"There are two parts of courage.
One is the physical part, one is the moral part."

Gen. Dennis Reimer, Purple Heart Winner

"Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it.
Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now"

Goethe

"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

Albert Einstein

"The great end of life is not knowledge but action."

Thomas Henry Huxley

"No one is given everything,
but everyone can give something."

Unknown
"As one of the non-greats,
I'm happy just to get the shit out and onto a canvas
where I can view it more objectively and assess it."

Carole Moran
"Go to your studio every day, so you'll be there the moment inspiration calls!"

Unknown

"If you don't care where you are,
then you ain't lost."

Unknown
"The source of genius is imagination alone,
the refinement of the senses that sees what others do not see,
or sees them differently.

Eugène Delacroix
"Life is not meant for existence only,
it is meant to develop your God-given talents."

Unknown Russian Author

"You may be disappointed if you fail,
but you are doomed if you don't try."

Beverly Sills

"There is nothing to it ... but to do it."

Unknown

"Get better or get worse. There is no in-between."

Unknown

"An unaimed arrow NEVER misses!

Unknown
"An artist's main priority ...
is to produce artwork."

Mary Suzuki

"The more one paints ...
the easier it is to paint more!"

Magic Woody
"The true secret to my success
is to never let mistakes stop me."

Charles Wang
"It does not matter if you fall down,
as long as you pick up something from the floor when you get up."

Avery's Observation
"My brain is not as reliable as my heart."

Terri English, Artist
"Sometimes your mistakes are the best part of your work."

Mary Morse, Artist

"Creativity matters more than subject matter."

Magic Woody
"Art is what I say is art."

Sergio Pata
"In the world of rules, there are no rules!"

Ogden Nash
"There is no mistake,
no right, no wrong, only make."

Corta Kent
"Nothing is good or bad,
but thinking makes it so."

Shakespeare

"One may have a blazing hearth in one's soul and yet no one ever comes to sit by it.
Passersby see only a wisp of smoke rising from the chimney and continue on their way."

Vincent Van Gogh
"Reputation is what people perceive you to be.
Character is who you really are."

Eddie Jordan
"Most people who paint are not full-time painters ...Arranging your schedule to allow uninterrupted paint time is even more critical than arranging for studio space. The world is full of people who would LIKE to paint and DO NOT! The need to express yourself in paint does not solve the knotty problems of time and space. Make the uninterrupted painting time happen for you. Without it, you simply cannot do the work you need to do to develop as an artist."

Alex Powers

"Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.

Auguste Rodin
To a student who felt a need to habitually ask what
would happen if two hues/colors are mixed:

After a thoughtful pause, "I don't know,
why don't YOU try it ... and then you can tell US!"

Richard Yip
"Education is an opportunity,
not a punishment."

Shawn Hansen

"I cannot do better than that. Why should I paint?"

Winslow Homer

NOTE: This quote is said to have been bitterly written in 1903, two years after Winslow Homer had
changed, retouched, and failed to sell, "High Cliff, Coast of Maine." The painting was originally completed in 1894.

 
"I am always doing what I cannot do yet,
in order to learn how to do it."

Vincent Van Gogh

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