Joseph Beuys

I wished to go completely outside and to make a symbolic start for my enterprise of regenerating the life of humankind within the body of society and to prepare a positive future in this context. Joseph Beuys Let’s talk of a system that transforms all the social organisms into a work of art, in which [...]

Daniel Carter Beard

We must depend upon the Boy Scout Movement to produce the MEN of the future. Daniel Carter Beard

Max Beckmann

One of my problems is to find the self. Max Beckmann Painting constantly appeared to me as the one and only possible achievement. Max Beckmann I believe the reason I love painting so much is that it forces one to be objective. Max Beckmann What are you? What am I? Those are the questions that [...]

Aubrey Beardsley

No language is rude that can boast polite writers. Aubrey Beardsley

John Bauer

Thunder and lightning. I have never – never – skied in thunder and lightning. It was a trip, for sure. John Bauer

Leonard Baskin

But I think doctors have always been either honest or dishonest. Leonard Baskin I always felt I needed to teach to survive. Leonard Baskin Pop art is the inedible raised to the unspeakable. Leonard Baskin I think there is an element of nihilism about, but I don’t think most artists feel their work is meaningless. [...]

Georg Baselitz

Unlike the expressionists, I have never been interested in renewing the world through the vehicle of art. Georg Baselitz I always feel attacked when I’m asked about my painting. Georg Baselitz I always work out of uncertainty but when a painting’s finished it becomes a fixed idea, apparently a final statement. In time though, uncertainty [...]

Jean-Michel Basquiat

I had some money, I made the best paintings ever. I was completely reclusive, worked a lot, took a lot of drugs. I was awful to people. Jean-Michel Basquiat I start a picture and I finish it. Jean-Michel Basquiat Believe it or not, I can actually draw. Jean-Michel Basquiat I am not a black artist, [...]

Carl Barks

There was no difference between my characters and the life my readers were going to have to face. Carl Barks I always felt myself to be an unlucky person like Donald, who is a victim of so many circumstances. But there isn’t a person in the United States who couldn’t identify with him. He is [...]

Matthew Barney

I have a need to make these sorts of connections literal sometimes, and a vehicle often helps to do that. I have a relationship to car culture. It isn’t really about loving cars. It’s sort of about needing them. Matthew Barney A lot of my work has to do with not allowing my characters to [...]

Balthus

One must always draw, draw with the eyes, when one cannot draw with a pencil. Balthus Painting is a language which cannot be replaced by another language. I don’t know what to say about what I paint, really. Balthus The craft of painting has virtually disappeared. There is hardly anyone left who really possesses it. [...]

Arthur Baker

I remember being told ‘Someone’s gonna make a fortune out of this rap thing’ and thinking ‘no way’. Arthur Baker I can’t re-define music every week! Arthur Baker

Fra Angelico

He who does Christ’s work must stay with Christ always. Fra Angelico

Carl Andre

Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life. Carl Andre I mean, art for art’s sake is ridiculous. [...]

Wilhelm Busch

Becoming a father isn’t difficult, but it’s very difficult to be a father. Wilhelm Busch

William Allan

I will be a historical painter. William Allan Father, in spite of all this spending of money in learning Latin, I will be a painter. William Allan

Josef Albers

You see, I have in my teaching – I always say I’ve done it for a hundred years and have had thousands of students – I have always spoken against just falling onto your knees for so-called accidents, I mean a result you are not responsible for. Josef Albers If you don’t do it my [...]

Rudolf Arnheim

Rather than be asked to abandon one’s own heritage and to adapt to the mores of the new country, one was expected to possess a treasure of foreign skills and customs that would enrich the resources of American living. Rudolf Arnheim The foreign accent was a promise, and indeed, all over the country, European imports [...]

Washington Allston

Never judge a work of art by its defects. Washington Allston The only competition worthy of a wise man is with himself. Washington Allston Distinction is the consequence, never the object of a great mind. Washington Allston

David Allan

It’s better to be hurt by the truth than to gain satisfaction from the lies. David Allan

Eddie Campbell

We could hang around for ten years and nobody would care enough to identify us. Therein lies the horror. Eddie Campbell All that political stuff Delano was doing. Me, I’ve gone off the top, into total fantasy. Eddie Campbell It’s business, selling comics, you work out what sells and you don’t want to muck about [...]