I paint with shapes.

Quote by Alexander Calder

Topics: Art Quotes

My fan mail is enormous. Everyone is under six.

My fan mail is enormous. Everyone is under six.

To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as...

To an engineer, good enough means perfect. With an artist, there's no such thing as...

All art is an individual's expression of a culture. Cultures differ, so art looks different.

All art is an individual's expression of a culture. Cultures differ, so art looks different.

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the...

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the...

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us...

We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us...

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

All nature is but art, unknown to thee; All chance, direction, which thou canst not...

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating...

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating...

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be...

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

Nothing is more the child of art than a garden.

Nothing is more the child of art than a garden.

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to...

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to...

What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of...

What is Art? It is the response of man's creative soul to the call of...

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it...

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term art, I should call it...

The most profound things are inexpressible.

The most profound things are inexpressible.

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

In art the best is good enough.

In art the best is good enough.

No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

No heirloom of humankind captures the past as do art and language.

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...

Every good painter paints what he is.

Every good painter paints what he is.