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El Greco Quotes



Quotes by El Greco - (10 quotes)

El Greco - From the Art category:

Art is everywhere you look for it; hail the twinkling stars for they are God's careless splatters. (El Greco)

El Greco - From the Artists category:

Artists create out of a sense of desolation. The spirit of creation is a excruciating, intricate exploration from within the soul. (El Greco)

El Greco - From the Colour category:

It is only after years of struggle and deprivation that the young artist should touch color - and then only in the company of his betters. (El Greco)

El Greco - From the Language category:

The language of art is celestial in origin and can only be understood by the chosen. (El Greco)

El Greco - From the Light category:

Can the darkness condemn the light? (El Greco)

El Greco - From the Masters category:

I was created by the all powerful God to fill the universe with my masterpieces. (El Greco)

El Greco - From the Originality category:

You must study the Masters but guard the original style that beats within your soul and put to sword those who would try to steal it. (El Greco)

El Greco - From the Painting category:

Painting, because of its universality, becomes speculation. (El Greco)

El Greco - From the Spirituality category:

I paint because the spirits whisper madly inside my head. (El Greco)

El Greco - From the Suffering category:

I suffer for my art and despise the witless moneyed scoundrels who praise it. (El Greco)