Identity is theft of the self

Quote by Estee Martin

Topics: Artists Quotes, Identity Quotes, Painting Quotes

As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use...

As far as I am concerned, a painting speaks for itself. What is the use...

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

There is no surer method of evading the world than by following Art and no...

Sometimes, to pursue a new idea, the artist must forfeit his deposit on an old...

Sometimes, to pursue a new idea, the artist must forfeit his deposit on an old...

What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.

What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.

Art is...a question mark in the minds of those who want to know what's happening.

Art is...a question mark in the minds of those who want to know what's happening.

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to...

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to...

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that...

Modern art is what happens when painters stop looking at girls and persuade themselves that...

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

Great art is as irrational as great music. It is mad with its own loveliness.

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

God and other artists are always a little obscure.

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

Everything in creation has its appointed painter or poet and remains in bondage like the...

All forms of madness, bizarre habits, awkwardness in society, general clumsiness, are justified in the...

All forms of madness, bizarre habits, awkwardness in society, general clumsiness, are justified in the...

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?

Whoever says artists can't deal with corporate pressures because they have frail minds, is missing...

Whoever says artists can't deal with corporate pressures because they have frail minds, is missing...

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.

I've been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has...

I've been relying very heavily on my instincts as of late, and my songwriting has...

Through others we become ourselves.

Through others we become ourselves.

In every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait: a strong sense of...

In every story I have heard, good teachers share one trait: a strong sense of...

The doer is merely a fiction added to the deed the deed is everything.

The doer is merely a fiction added to the deed the deed is everything.

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...

When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier,...