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The Quotable Artist

7 1/2 x 7 1/2, 240 pages, Hardcover

ISBN 1-58115-226-4
Publication Date: July 2002

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Product Code: 1-58115-226-4

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The Quotable Artist

by Peggy Hadden

Here is remarkable wit and insight on what makes creative people extraordinary, taking the reader on a mesmerizing journey through the brilliance and wisdom of generations of visual artists, photographers, and architects.

This delightful reference on creativity and the creative process features over 1,000 quotes from both the famous and the obscure celebrating what artists through history have said about a number of provocative subjects, such as color, fame, inspiration, money woes, beauty, critics, colleagues, and much more. Arranged by topic, this easy-to-use reference is ideal for finding inspiration and insight, writing speeches, writing papers, or researching favorite topics.

Whether an artist, art love, writer, or teacher, every reader will cherish this treasury of humorous, mischievous, and profound insights from the great masters.

Reviews

�Peggy Hadden shows us the human edge of history in The Quotable Artist, a wonderful collection of voices frozen in time. In an instant, the names inside are no longer unfamiliar strangers. By reading their quotes, we are introduced to people who changed our world, with their chisel marks, shutter speeds, pen swipes and brush strokes.�
�Andrea Mulder-Slater, Artist, Writer and Educator

�For art-lovers, like me and so many others, The Quotable Artist is a treasure! The quotes give us an insight to those wonderful beings we have heard about and recognize and add to our our ability to enjoy their work. A wonderful gift, too!�
�Susan Brownmiller, Writer

�The Quotable Artist is a perfect gift for an artist! Through their quotes, we learn how artists have met and solved the challenges of an art career. How delightful that these quotes have been gathered and put in one place!�
�Pamela Fredericks, Writer

�This book provides a wealth of aesthetic quotable quotes for lecturers, writers and art teachers.�
�Art Historian and Critic Francine Koslow Miller