Your Favorite Artist Quote...

Sitting down at the typewriter or picking up a pencil is a physical act; the spiritual analogue is looking out of an almost forgotten window, a window which offers a common view from an entirely different angle . . . an angle which renders the common extraordinary. The writer's job is to gaze through that window and report on what he sees.___Stephen King

Favorite Inventor Quote.. The gift of mental power comes from GOD Divine Being and if we concentrate our minds on that great truth, we become in tune with this great power.
Nikola Tesla

"Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable." - Banksy

"Many a teacher told me to stay inside the lines, which today, thankfully, I don't." T.Murray.

"Whatever you do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it." - Goethe.

I'm new to FAA and just discovered the discussion boards. Here's one of my favorite artist quotes:

“If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.” - Émile Zola

Some quotes from one of my favorite photographers: Andreas Feininger

"No one can do inspired work without genuine interest in his subject and understanding of its characteristics." - Andreas Feininger
"Unless a subject intrest me, I’ll pass it over and save my film for better things." - Andreas Feininger, Total Photography by Andreas Feininger
"Before you shoot an irrestible subject, mute all your senses except sight to find out how much is left for the camera to record." - Andreas Feininger, Total Photography by Andreas Feininger

And here is my favorite:

"A technically perfect photograph can be the world’s most boring picture." - Andreas Feininger, Total Photography by Andreas Feininger


Colin Utz
www.colinutzphotography.com

Two more:

"Any good photograph is a successful synthesis of technique and art." - Andreas Feininger, Total Photography by Andreas Feininger

"The photographer has almost as much control over his subject matter as a painter. He can control light and shade, form and space, pattern and texture, motion and mood, everything except composition." - Andreas Feininger, The Best of Popular Photography by Harvey V. Fondiller

“Inspiration does exist but it must find you working.” – Pablo Picasso

One of my favorite quotes is by Wassily Kandinsky ~ 'There is no must in Art because Art is free.'

All by Pablo Picasso:

Action is the foundational key to all success.

Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.

Good artists copy, great artists steal.


[That last quote is particularly interesting, in light of the numerous copyright infringement threads that have appeared in the FAA discussion forum.]

All I wanted was to get some nice pictures of trains at night.

O. Winston Link

I was strong and healthy and I was enjoying what I was doing.

O. Winston Link

It's no secret that a conscience can sometimes be a pest
It's no secret ambition bites the nails of success
Every artist is a cannibal, every poet is a thief
All kill their inspiration and sing about their grief

U2, The Fly