Art Foundation Quotes

In my opinion, long and intense study of the human figure is the necessary foundation for a sculptor.

For those colours which you wish to be beautiful, always first prepare a pure white ground.

Abstract art is only painting. And what's so dramatic about that? There is no abstract art. One must always begin with something. Afterwards one can remove all semblance of reality; there is no longer any danger as the idea of the object has left an indelible imprint.

Art does not begin with imitation, but with discipline.

Drawing is the root of everything, and the time spent on that is actually all profit.

Geometry is the foundation of all painting.

I always thought writing was the foundation and the basis for journalism in the same way being able to draw is the foundation for art.

And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art.

Many artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature.

I have started my own foundation. It's called Follow Your Art. It's at its infancy but my goal is to mentor teenage girls through one of the most difficult times in their lives.

If you start with character, you probably will end up with good drawings.

I did an art foundation course, and I knew I wanted to do something in a creative field. And fashion just seemed like the most fun.

Art is nothing without form.

Most artists create foundations where they put their own work. Here I'm not putting my own work. I'm just creating the chambers.

I was a dancer for long time. And you always hear that ballet is the core of dance, and that - once you have that down - you can do everything else. For me, jazz is like that for music.

See yonder thin column of smoke curling up through the woods from some invisible farmhouse, the standard raised over some rural homestead.... It is a hieroglyphic of man's life, and suggests more intimate and important things than the boiling of a pot. Where its fine column rises above the forest, like an ensign, some human life has planted itself,--and such is the beginning of Rome, the establishment of the arts, and the foundation of empires, whether on the prairies of America or the steppes of Asia.

I draw all the time. Drawing is my backbone. I don't think a painter has to be able to draw, I just think that if you draw, you better draw well.

I went to public and state schools - not at the same time. I did my art foundation course at Harrogate College of Arts. This brilliant tutor suggested I apply to Central Saint Martins. I adored it.

I think drawing is really the basis of all art, even sculpture, film. The greatest filmmakers have always been able to at least roughly sketch out their ideas in storyboards. And black and white in particular is a good place to start.

What has pleased and continues to please, is likely to please again; hence are derived the rules of art, and on this immovable foundation they must ever stand.