Friday, July 16, 2010

Quotes about Art - Who Said It?

Can you guess who said what?

Quotes by these 10 people will follow
(NOTE: There are 12 images - 2 of these people will have 2 quotes)
Paul Gauguin, Hippocrates, Frank Lloyd Wright


Paul Klee, Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso,

Vincent van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Adolf Hitler,


John F. Kennedy, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Bill Watterson


Can you match the above 10 people
with the following 12 quotes?


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

2) Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.


3) Art does not reproduce what is visible; it makes things visible.


4) Art is either plagiarism or revolution.


5) Art is long, life is short.


6) If you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.


7) As for the degenerate artists, I forbid them to force their so-called experiences upon the public. If they do see fields blue, they are deranged, and should go to an asylum. If they only pretend to see them blue, they are criminals, and should go to prison. I will purge the nation of them.

(Please note that I in no-way relate to or agree with this particular quote. The quote is offered purely as information or reflection for the reader)


8) Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it.


9) Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color.


10) It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures.


11) As my artist's statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance.


12) We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.

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Answers:

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

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
~Vincent van Gogh


Art does not reproduce what is visible; it makes things visible.
~Paul Klee


Art is either plagiarism or revolution.
~Paul Gauguin

Art is long, life is short.
~Hippocrates

If you invest in beauty, it will remain with you all the days of your life.
~Frank Lloyd Wright


As for the degenerate artists, I forbid them to force their so-called experiences upon the public. If they do see fields blue, they are deranged, and should go to an asylum. If they only pretend to see them blue, they are criminals, and should go to prison. I will purge the nation of them.
~Adolf Hitler
(Please note that I in no-way relate to or agree with this particular quote. The quote is offered purely as information or reflection for the reader)

Art is not a mirror to reflect the world,
but a hammer with which to shape it.
~Vladimir Mayakovsky


Art is the great democrat, calling forth creative genius from every sector of society, disregarding race or religion or wealth or color.
~John F. Kennedy


It is not the language of painters but the language of nature which one should listen to, the feeling for the things themselves, for reality, is more important than the feeling for pictures.
~Vincent van Gogh


As my artist's statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance.
~Calvin and Hobbes Comic strip by Bill Watterson.


We all know that art is not truth.
Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.
~Pablo Picasso


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