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 Art Quotes
The following are quotes from well known artists.
"Great art picks up where nature ends." - Marc Chagall
"Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it." - Salvador Dali
"My contribution to the world is my ability to draw. I will draw as much as I can for as many people as I can for as long as I can. Drawing is still basically the same as it has been since prehistoric times. It brings together man and the world. It lives through magic." - Keith Haring
"If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint." - Edward Hopper
"Creativity takes courage." - Henri Matisse
"If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all." - Michelangelo
"To be an artist is to believe in life." - Henry Moore
"I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way--things I had no words for." - Georgia O'Keeffe
"Every good painter paints what he is." - Jackson Pollock
"An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision." - James McNeill Whistler
"Painting is just another way of keeping a diary." - Pablo Picasso
Poem by Shane DeRolf
A Box of Crayons
While walking in a toy store
the day before today,
I overheard a crayon box
with many things to say.
"I don't like red!" said yellow.
And green said, "Nor do I!"
And no one here likes orange,
but no one knows quite why."
"We are a box of crayons
that really doesn't get along,"
said blue to all the others
"something here is wrong!"
Well, I bought that box of crayons
and took it home with me
and laid out all the crayons
so the crayons could all see.
They watched me as I colored
with red and blue and green
and black and white and orange
and every color in between.
They watched as green
became the grass
and blue became the sky.
The yellow sun was shining bright
on white clouds drifting by.
Colors changing as they touched,
becoming something new.
They watched me as I colored.
They watched till I was through.
And when I'd finally finished,
I began to walk away.
And as I did the crayon box
had something more to say...
"I do like red!" said the yellow
and green said, "So do I!"
"And blue you are terrific
so high up in the sky."
"We are a box of crayons
each of us unique,
but when we get together
the picture is complete."
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