Category: artist
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I do not paint a portrait to look like the subject, rather does the person grow to look like his portrait.
Salvador Dali
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Carving is easy, you just go down to the skin and stop.
Michelangelo
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I have found that, in the composition of the human body as compared with the bodies of animals, the organs of sense are duller and coarser. Thus, it is composed of less ingenious instruments, and of spaces less capacious for receiving the faculties of sense.
Leonardo da Vinci
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Many believe – and I believe – that I have been designated for this work by God. In spite of my old age, I do not want to give it up; I work out of love for God and I put all my hope in Him.
Michelangelo
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The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
Salvador Dali
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There are about 30 words around you all the time, like ‘thread’ or ‘exit.’
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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I wanted to build up a name for myself.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
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The fishermen know that the sea is dangerous and the storm terrible, but they have never found these dangers sufficient reason for remaining ashore.
Vincent Van Gogh
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What do you despise? By this you are truly known.
Michelangelo
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For a while, I was drawing on good paper, but now I’ve gone back to the bad stuff. I put matte medium on it. If you put matte medium on it, it seals up, so it doesn’t really matter.
Jean-Michel Basquiat