The Quotable Artist by Peggy Hadden

The Quotable Artist by Peggy Hadden

Journey through the wit and wisdom of generations of visual artists, photographers, writers, and architects--and discover what makes creative people extraordinary. This compilation of more than 1,000 great quotations, from famous to obscure, celebrates what artist throughout time have said about fame, color, finding inspiration, money woes, beauty, critics, fellow artists, and other provocative topics. The words of Leonardo da Vinci, Georgia O'Keeffe, Paul Cezanne, Ben Shahn, Marcel Duchamp, George Bernard Shaw, Vincent van Gogh, Sigmund Freud, Alexander Calder, Maria Rilke, David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Frank Lloyd Wright, Henri Matisse, Louise Nevelson, and many others are gathered here, in a warm, humorous, and moving collection of wisdom from the masters.

Allworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

Peggy Hadden is an artist whose articles on artist's career issues have appeared have appeared in many publications, including two anthologies, Getting Exposure: The Artist's Guide to Exhibiting the Work, and Getting the Word Out: The Artist's Guide to Self-Promotion. She has conducted workshops for Pratt Institute, the Delaware State Arts Council, The Lee Arts Center, Arlington, VA, the Queens and Staten Island Arts Councils, Henry Street Settlement House, and Art Initiatives in New York City.

Her art is in seven corporate collections including Citicorp, Coopers & Lybrand, First Interstate Bank in California, and the Ragu Foods Co. She attended University of North Carolina in Greensboro and Parsons School of Design in New York.

She lives in New York's West Greenwich Village with an 80-pound dog who goes to sleep when the computer is turned on.

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ISBN 13	9781581152265
ISBN 10	1581152264
Title	The Quotable Artist
Author	Peggy Hadden
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Allworth Press,U.S.
Year published	2002-05-01
Number of pages	224
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