75 Art Captions And Quotes For Instagram And Social Media
Quotes about art can be a great way to get inspired and motivated to create. They can also help us reflect on our own creative process and progress. In this blog post, I will share 75 of my favorite quotes about art from artists, writers, and other creatives.
Hopefully, these art captions and quotes will inspire you to spice up your artsy Instagram and other social media posts and to keep creating and pushing boundaries!
75 Inspirational Art Captions and Quotes:
- “To create one’s own world in any of the arts takes courage.” -Georgia O’Keeffe
2. “For me, art is about expression and emotion.”-Tracey Emin
3. “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” -Pablo Picasso
4. “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” -Edgar Degas
5. ” Creativity takes courage.” – Henri Matisse
6. “There is no must in art because art is free.” -Wassily Kandinsky
7. “If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” -Vincent van Gogh
8. “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order to learn how to do it.” -Pablo Picasso
9. “I am an artist who is most happy when pushing the envelope and trying new things.” -Tracey Emin
10. ” An artist is someone who produces things that people don’t need to have.” -Andy Warhol
11. “I don’t know where my inspiration comes from. Perhaps it arises from feeling too much, from being terribly hurt inside.” -Frida Kahlo
12. “The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider’s web.” – Louise Bourgeois
13. ” I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living.” -John Cage
14. “Art is a lie that tells the truth.” -Pablo Picasso
15 “Art is the expression of our dreams — it transcends thought.” -Dr. SunWolf
16. “The artist is not a special kind of person, but every person is a special kind of artist.” -Ananda Coomaraswamy
17. “It’s not about trying to control the world or making a statement. It’s just about making art.” – Jean-Michel Basquiat
18. ” Art is the elimination of the unnecessary.” -Pablo Picasso
19. “I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living.” -John Cage
20. “Wherever the art I love is, there I am at home.” -Nancy Spero
21. “I think for artists, art is like air.”-Tracey Emin
22. “Art is not a thing; it is a way.” -Elbert Hubbard
23. “Nothing is art if it does not come from nature.” -Antoni Gaudi
24. “Color is my daylong obsession, joy, and torment.” –Claude Monet
25. “Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” -Pablo Picasso
26. “Art is the only way to run away without leaving home.” -Twyla Tharp
27. “I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.” -Albert Einstein
28. “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” -Edgar Degas
29. “Art must be an expression of love or it is nothing.” -Marc Chagall
30. “I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order to learn how to do it.” -Pablo Picasso
31. “There is no must in art because art is free.” -Wassily Kandinsky
32. “Creativity takes courage.” -Henri Matisse
33. “An artist is someone who produces things that people don’t need to have.” -Andy Warhol
34. “If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.” -Vincent van Gogh
35. “All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.” -Pablo Picasso
36. “The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.” -Leonardo da Vinci
37. “Art is not a thing; it is a way.” – Louise Bourgeois
38. “Art is something that makes you breathe with a different kind of happiness.” -Yoshitomo Nara
39. “Art is something that makes you breathe with a different kind of happiness.” -Tracey Emin
40. “The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from his own life, from his friends, from work, from nature.” -Pablo Picasso
41. “The role of the artist is to ask questions, not answer them.” – Louise Bourgeois
42. “Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” -Yayoi Kusama
43. “Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” -Thomas Merton
44. “The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you’re an artist.” -David Hockney
45. “I think that making art is about saying something that you feel passionate about.” – Jenny Saville
46. “Art is about sharing your ideas and connecting with others.” – Jean-Michel Basquiat
47. “An artist is someone who has an idea and doesn’t know how to get it out.” – Louise Bourgeois
48. “You have to start somewhere and you have to go with your gut feeling.” -Damien Hirst
49. “Art is the starting point for everything.” -Jeff Koons
50. “Art has to move you and design does not, unless it’s a good design for a chair or something.” -David Hockney
51. “It’s important that art makes you feel something.”-Tracey Emin
52. “I think that art comes from an honest expression of oneself.” -Yoshitomo Nara
53. “If you have an idea, and you want to express it, you have to find a method of doing so.” – Louise Bourgeois
54. “I don’t think about art when I’m working. I try to think about life.” -Damien Hirst
55. “It’s important to have an idea of what you’re trying to say with your work.” – Jenny Saville
56. “The role of the artist is to make the world a more beautiful place.” – Jean-Michel Basquiat
57. “To be an artist, all you need is to express yourself honestly, and don’t hold back.” -Yoshitomo Nara
58. “The only thing I ever wanted to be was an artist. A painter.”-Tracey Emin
59. “I think of myself more as a craftsman really than an artist.” -David Hockney
60. “I am proud of my art because it came from my heart.” -Yayoi Kusama
61. “I don’t believe in art. I believe in artists.” -Cindy Sherman
62. “I think of art as being like a balloon. If you don’t put enough air in, it’s not going to go anywhere.” -Jeff Koons
63. “To me, art is the restoration of order. It may discuss all sorts of terrible things, but there must be satisfaction at the end. A little bit of hunger, but also satisfaction.” -Damien Hirst
64. “All art is about control – the world is out of control – so you have to exercise some sort of control in your work.” -David Hockney
65. “Art is a way of expressing my inner emotions and sharing them with the world.” -Yayoi Kusama
66. “There’s no question that photographs do not look like paintings. A photograph captures reality.” -Cindy Sherman
67. “I think art comes from an honest expression of feeling.” -Damien Hirst
68. “Art is the only way to run away from life without leaving home.” – Jeff Koons
69. “I’m not very good at art, but I like it, and so, therefore, I do it.” -David Hockney
70. “My art makes me happy, and I hope it will make other people happy too.” -Yayoi Kusama
71. “The whole point of art is to have a point of view.” -Cindy Sherman
72. “Art is about life and how we live it, not how we look at it.” -Damien Hirst
73. “The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.” -Emile Zola
74. “The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” -Michelangelo
75. “Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.” – Salvador Dali
Conclusion
I hope these famous inspirational quotes about art and creativity from some of the most well-known artists have helped to motivate and encourage you.
Art quotes and captions are perfect to use for your social media such as Facebook, Instagram, or Twitter. They are short and sweet, easy to read quickly, and are sure to put a smile on your reader’s face.
So follow your dreams, be passionate and honest in your expression, and don’t give up. Art is a beautiful way to connect with others and make the world a more lovely place.
If these quotes have inspired you to start your own work of art then you may enjoy my 27 examples of cute easy drawings for beginners: drawing practice blog post.
