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Karene Jade Howie - Student of Philosophy and overworked shop keeper!Hello and welcome to the Philosophy Shop.

We really like philosophers and other creative thinkers of Human history - the Philosophy Shop represents several years work collecting over 500 quotes and portraits from many of the greatest minds of the past 3,000 years. Over the past 5 years the Philosophy Gift Shop has been one of the most popular shops at Cafepress - out of roughly 6 million shops! (Cafepress are a print on demand online shop and top 1000 website. They sell products world wide and have a full 30 day refund, making it a safe place to buy some very cool gifts for yourself and your friends.)

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Fine Art Prints: Renaissance, Impressionism & Erotic Paintings,
Portraits, Landscapes & Nudes with Famous Artist's Quotes

Painting by Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)We have a unique gallery of Renaissance, Impressionism and Erotic Fine Art Prints with quotes from famous Artists. The following collection of Artists portraits and paintings has been created from our Philosophy of Art webpage. Artists include: Michelangelo, Titian, Leonardo da Vinci, Rubens, Rembrandt, Goya, Camille Corot, Pissarro, Degas, Sisley, Cezanne, Monet, Morisot, Renoir, Van Gogh, Matisse and Picasso.

We hope you find our selection of Renaissance, Impressionist and Erotic Fine Art Prints interesting and useful. Cheers!




Kids Art: Artist as Child Pablo Picasso Quote
Kids Art: Artist as Child Pablo Picasso Quote
'Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.' (Pablo Picasso quote printed on Bright & Cute Kids Art Painting).


Matisse self-Portrait: Creativity & Courage of Art
Matisse self-Portrait: Creativity & Courage of Art
'Creativity takes courage. ...'
Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) Quote, Painting, Self-Portrait' (1906)


Henri Matisse Joy of Life Artwork Nature Quote
Henri Matisse Joy of Life Artwork Nature Quote
Henri Matisse (1869 - 1954) painting, 'Le bonheur de vivre' (The Joy of Life), with quote, 'When we speak of Nature it is wrong to forget that we are ourselves a part of Nature. ...'


Vincent Van Gogh: sower setting sun painting
Vincent Van Gogh: Sower Setting Sun Painting
Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) painting, sower with setting sun' with quote, 'Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.'


Vincent Van Gogh self Portrait Painting Quote
Vincent Van Gogh Self Portrait Painting Quote
Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) painting, Self-Portrait in front of the Easel' (1888), with quote, 'The only time I feel alive is when I'm painting.'


Van Gogh Cafe Art: Color like Enthusiasm
Van Gogh Cafe Art: Color like Enthusiasm
Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) painting, 'Cafe Terrace on the Place du Forum, Arles at Night' (September 1888), with quote, 'I want to touch people with my art. ...'


Van Gogh sunflowers Painting: Quote on sun
Van Gogh sunflowers Painting: Quote on sun
Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) painting, 'Fifteen sunflowers in a Vase' (1888), with quote, 'How wonderful yellow is. It stands for the sun.'


The starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh
The starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh
Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) painting, 'The starry Night' (1889), with quote, 'I often think the night is more alive and more richly colored than the day.'


Dutch Artist Van Gogh Asylum Garden
Dutch Artist Van Gogh Asylum Garden
Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) painting, 'Trees in the Asylum Garden' (1889), with quote, still, there is a calm, pure harmony, and music inside of me.'


Van Gogh Bandaged Ear: On suffering & Creation
Van Gogh Bandaged Ear: On suffering & Creation
Vincent Van Gogh (1853 - 1890) painting, self Portrait with Bandaged Ear', with quote, 'As a suffering creature, I cannot do without something greater than I - ... - the power to create.'


Renoir Boating Party Landscape Prints
Renoir Boating Party Landscape Prints
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) painting, 'the Luncheon of the Boating Party' (1881), with quote, 'There isn't a single person or landscape or subject which doesn't possess some interest, ...'


Renoir Impressionism Nude Bather Art
Renoir Impressionism Nude Bather Art
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) painting, seated Bather' (1883 - 1884), with quote, 'I never think I have finished a nude until I think I could pinch it.'


Pierre Auguste Renoir The Louvre & Nature
Pierre Auguste Renoir The Louvre & Nature
Photography of the Pierre Auguste Renoir palace of interest, 'the Louvre Museum, Paris' (2005), with quote, 'It took me twenty years to discover painting: ...above all, going to the Louvre.'


Renoir Oarsmen Painting Art & Beauty Quote
Renoir Oarsmen Painting Art & Beauty Quote
Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841 - 1919) painting, 'Oarsmen at Chatou' (1879), with quote, 'The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself and carry you away. ...'
 


Deception Appearance: Aesop Quote Psyche Painting
Deception Appearance: Aesop Quote Psyche Painting
Berthe Morisot (1841 - 1895) painting, 'The Psyche' (1876), with Aesop quote, 'Appearances are often deceiving.'


Berthe Morisot: Art Expression & Experience Quote
Berthe Morisot: Art Expression & Experience Quote
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) painting, 'Butterfly Hunt' (1874), with quote, 'It is important to express oneself... provided the feelings are real and are taken from you own experience.'


Cradle Painting: Female Impressionist Art Morisot
Cradle Painting: Female Impressionist Art Morisot
Berthe Morisot (1841-1895) painting, 'Le berceau' (The Cradle) (1872), with quote by Edouard Manet on her work, 'This woman's work is exceptional. Too bad she's not a man.'


Monet Water Lillies Painting: Color & Beauty Quote
Monet Water Lillies Painting: Color & Beauty Quote
Claude Monet (1840-1926) painting, 'Water Lillies' (The Clouds) (1903), with quote, 'Every day I discover more and more beautiful things. ...Colour is my day-long obsession, my joy and torment.'


Claude Monet Impressionist sunrise: Torture of Art
Claude Monet Impressionist sunrise: Torture of Art
Claude Monet (1840-1926) painting, 'Impression, sunrise' (1872), with quote, 'I am very depressed and deeply disgusted with painting. It is really a continual torture.'


Paul Cezanne Nature Quote on Landscape Nude
Paul Cezanne Nature Quote on Landscape Nude
Paul Cezanne (1839 - 1906), 'Nudes in Landscape' with quote, 'The strong experience of nature... is the necessary basis for all conception of art on which rests the grandeur ...of all future work.'


Cezanne Painting Famous Apple Astonish Paris Quote
Cezanne Painting Famous Apple Astonish Paris Quote
Paul Cezanne (1839 - 1906) painting, self Portrait', and quote, 'With an apple I will astonish Paris.'


Paul Cezanne self Portrait: Emotion Artistic Quote
Paul Cezanne Self Portrait: Emotion Artistic Quote
Paul Cezanne (1839 - 1906) painting, self Portrait', with quote, 'A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.'


Alfred sisley Impressionist Painting: Nature Quote
Alfred Sisley Impressionist Painting: Nature Quote
Alfred sisley painting, 'The Chemin de By through Woods at Roches-Courtaut, st. Martin's summer' (1880), with quote, 'I like all those painters who loved and had a strong feeling for nature.'


Edgar Degas Painting Difficulty of Art Quote
Edgar Degas Painting Difficulty of Art Quote
Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) painting, 'Woman seated beside a Vase of Flowers' (1865), with quote, 'If painting weren't so difficult, it wouldn't be fun.'


Edgar Degas: Painter of Dancers & Movement
Edgar Degas: Painter of Dancers & Movement
Edgar Degas (1834 - 1917) painting, 'The Rehearsal' (1873 - 78), with quote, 'People call me the painter of dancers, but I really wish to capture movement itself.'


Manet Battle Painting: Art, Colour & Nature Quote
Manet Battle Painting: Art, Colour & Nature Quote
Edouard Manet (1832 - 1883) painting, 'Battle of the Kearsarge and the Alabama' (1864), with quote, 'There are no lines in nature, only areas of colour, one against another.'


Impressionist Artist Manet Olympia Nude Portrait
Impressionist Artist Manet Olympia Nude Portrait
Edouard Manet (1832 - 1883) painting, 'Olympia' (1863), with quote, 'You would hardly believe how difficult it is to place a figure alone on a canvas, ...'


French Impressionism Manet: Painting, Work to Feel
French Impressionism Manet: Painting, Work to Feel
Edouard Manet (1832 - 1883) painting, 'Monet Painting in his Floating studio' (1874), with quote, 'I need to work to feel well.'


Art & Meaning of Architecture: Eiffel Tower Paris
Art & Meaning of Architecture: Eiffel Tower Paris
Gustave Eiffel (1832 - 1923) monument, 'The Eiffel Tower (photograph), Paris.' (2005), with Winston Churchill quote, 'We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.'


Pissarro Art of Impressions: shepherdess Painting
Pissarro Art of Impressions: Shepherdess Painting
Camille Pissarro painting, 'The shepherdess' (Young Peasant Girl with a stick), with quote, 'We are all the subjects of impressions, and some of us seek to convey the impressions to others. ...'


French Artist Camille Pissarro Quote: How to Paint
French Artist Camille Pissarro Quote: How to Paint
Camille Pissarro (1830 - 1903) painting, 'The Red Roofs' (1877), with quote, 'Don't paint bit by bit, but paint everything at once by placing tones everywhere, ...'


Corot Boatman Painting Impressionist Quote
Corot Boatman Painting Impressionist Quote
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796 - 1875) painting, 'The Boatman of Mortefontaine', with quote, 'Be guided by feelings alone... you will convey to others the sincerity of your emotion.'


Artist Camille Corot: Landscape with Figures
Artist Camille Corot: Landscape with Figures
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796 - 1875) painting, 'La Toilette' (Landscape with Figures) with quote, 'Go to the country - The muse is in the woods.'


Famous Fantasy Quote: Goya Colossus Painting
Famous Fantasy Quote: Goya Colossus Painting
Francisco de Goya (1746 - 1828) painting, 'The Colossus', with quote, 'Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; ...she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels.'


Francisco de Goya self Portrait & Fantasy Quote
Francisco de Goya Self Portrait & Fantasy Quote
Francisco de Goya (1746 - 1828) painting, self Portrait', with quote, 'Fantasy, abandoned by reason, produces impossible monsters; ...she is the mother of the arts and the origin of marvels.'


Dutch Painter Rembrandt on Art & Atmosphere
Dutch Painter Rembrandt on Art & Atmosphere
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 - 1669) painting, 'Rembrandt and saskia in the scene of the Prodigal son in the Tavern' (1635), and quote, 'Without atmosphere a painting is nothing.'


Rembrandt stone Bridge: Quote on God & Painting
Rembrandt Stone Bridge: Quote on God & Painting
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 - 1669) painting, 'Landscape with a stone Bridge' (1638), with quote, 'Painting is the grandchild of Nature. It is related to God.'


Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn self Portrait
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn self Portrait
Rembrandt painting, 'Portrait of the Artist at His Easel' (1660), with quote, 'I ought to be practical and ought to try and paint the way they want me to paint. ...I just can't do it! ...'


Rembrandt Painting 'The Mill' & Nature Quote
Rembrandt Painting 'The Mill' & Nature Quote
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606 - 1669) painting, 'The Mill' (1650), with quote, 'Choose only one master, Nature.'


Peter Paul Rubens self Portrait Art & Quote
Peter Paul Rubens Self Portrait Art & Quote
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 - 1640) painting, self Portrait with Isabella Brant' (1610), with quote, 'My talent is such that no undertaking, however vast in size ... has ever surpassed my courage.'


Titian Grand Master of Renaissance Art: Flora
Titian Grand Master of Renaissance Art: Flora
Titian painting, 'Flora' (1515), with Arthur Schopenhauer quote, 'We should comfort ourselves with the masterpieces of art as with exalted personages - stand quietly before them and wait ...'


Leonardo da Vinci: Pleasure / Joy of Understanding
Leonardo da Vinci: Pleasure / Joy of Understanding
Leonardo da Vinci (1492 - 1519) painting, 'Lady with an Ermine' (1483 - 90), with quote, 'The noblest pleasure is the joy of understanding.'


Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa: simplicity Quote
Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa: Simplicity Quote
Leonardo da Vinci (1492 - 1519) painting, 'Mona Lisa' (1503 - 1504), with quote, 'Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.'


Leonardo da Vinci self Portrait & Wise Quote
Leonardo da Vinci Self Portrait & Wise Quote
Leonardo da Vinci (1492 - 1519) painting, self-Portrait' (1512), with quote, ' ...Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Being willing is not enough; we must do.'


Leonardo da Vinci John Baptist Painting
Leonardo da Vinci John Baptist Painting
Leonardo da Vinci (1492 - 1519) painting, 'John the Baptist', with quote, 'Every now and then go away, have a little relaxation, for when you come back to your work your judgment will be surer. ...'


Madonna by Leonardo da Vinci: Painter's Mind Quote
Madonna by Leonardo da Vinci: Painter's Mind Quote
Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) painting, 'The Dreyfus Madonna' (The Madonna with a Pomegranate) (1469), with quote, 'The painter's mind is a copy of the divine mind, ...'


Leonardo da Vinci Art Union of spirit and Hand
Leonardo da Vinci Art Union of Spirit and Hand
Leonardo da Vinci (1452 - 1519) painting, 'The Virgin and Child with saint Anne' (1510), with quote, 'Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art.'


Raphael Madonna Painting: Pablo Picasso Quote
Raphael Madonna Painting: Pablo Picasso Quote
Raphael (1483 - 1520) painting, 'Madonna dell Granduca by Titian' (1505), with quote by Pablo Picasso, 'It took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child.'


Milan Pieta by Michelangelo: Marble not yet Carved
Milan Pieta by Michelangelo: Marble not yet Carved
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) sculpture, 'Milan Pieta, Detail of Christ and Mary', with quote, 'The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has. ...'


Michelangelo Art Philosophy Elevation of Painters
Michelangelo Art Philosophy Elevation of Painters
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475 - 1564) painting, 'The Cumaean sibyl', Sistine Chapel (1509 - 1512), with quote, 'Painters are not in any way unsociable through pride, ...'


Michelangelo Artist Eccentricity Nude Painting
Michelangelo Artist Eccentricity Nude Painting
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) 'Ignudi' (nude / naked) painting, Sistine Chapel, with quote, 'Any artist ... who has nothing eccentric ... in his person, will never become a superior talent.'


Michelangelo statue & Angel in Marble Quote
Michelangelo Statue & Angel in Marble Quote
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) sculpture, 'Dying slave' (Statue) (1513 - 16), with quote, 'I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.'


Michelangelo Renaissance Artist Genius Quote
Michelangelo Renaissance Artist Genius Quote
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) painting, 'The Libyan Sibyl', from the Sistine Chapel (1509 - 1512), with quote, 'Genius is eternal patience.'


Michelangelo Fresco Sistine Chapel Adam and Eve
Michelangelo Fresco Sistine Chapel Adam and Eve
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) painting, 'The Temptation of Adam and Eve', Fresco, Detail from The Sistine Chapel ceiling) with quote, 'Faith in oneself is the best and safest course.'


David sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti
David Sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) masterpiece, 'David' (Statue), with quote, 'Trifles make perfection, and perfection is no trifle.'


Michelangelo Creation of Man & Quote on True Art
Michelangelo Creation of Man & Quote on True Art
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) painting, 'Creation of Man' (Section of the Sistine Chapel Ceiling), with quote, 'True art is made noble and religious by the mind producing it.'


Italian Renaissance Michelangelo Divine Perfection
Italian Renaissance Michelangelo Divine Perfection
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475 - 1564) painting, 'Creation of the sun, Moon and Planets.' (from the Sistine Chapel), with quote, 'The true work of art is but a shadow of the divine perfection.'


Intoxication of Art Nietzsche and Bacchanal Painting
Intoxication of Art Nietzsche and Bacchanal Painting
Titian (1485 - 1576) painting, 'Bacchanal of the Andrians' (1523 - 1525), with Nietzsche quote, 'For art to exist, ...a certain physiological precondition is indispensable: intoxication.'


Diego Velazquez Painting: Einstein Art and Freedom
Diego Velazquez Painting: Einstein Art and Freedom
Diego Velazquez (1599 - 1660) painting, The Immaculate Conception (1619), with Albert Einstein quote, 'All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree. ...'


Italian Artist Correggio Painting and Einstein Quote
Italian Artist Correggio Painting and Einstein Quote
Correggio (1489 - 1534) painting, 'Portrait of a Young Man' (1525), with Einstein quote, 'One of the strongest motives that lead men to art and science is escape from everyday life... .'


Lucian Freud Erotic Quote on Titian Nude Painting
Lucian Freud Erotic Quote on Titian Nude Painting
Titian (1485 - 1576) painting, 'Venus of Urbino' (1538), with Lucian Freud quote, 'The paintings that really excite me have an erotic element or side to them irrespective of subject matter.


Caravaggio Religious Art: Beauty and the Illogical
Caravaggio Religious Art: Beauty and the Illogical
Caravaggio (1573 - 1610) painting, 'The Stigmatization of Saint Francis' (1596), with Nietzsche quote, 'Out of the illogical comes much good. ...'

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