Artist Quotes

Any 'artist' makes a living by expressing what others can't - because they're unaware of their feelings, they're too afraid to express those feelings, or they lack the skills to communicate and be understood.

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment instead of an horizon.

People think because it's photography it's not worth as much, and because it's a woman artist, you're still not getting as much - there's still definitely that happening. I'm still really competitive when it comes to, I guess, the male painters and male artists. I still think that's really unfair.

No, I never had any dreams. The process of art is a dream in itself. The artist just doesn't... you work out something. It's yours. You don't have to go to sleep to do that. You do that on the canvas.

I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.

Life is different than it was in the Nineties. I'm a dad, and there are other things I have to get done in an afternoon than just being an artist.

As an artist, you dream about accumulating enough successful music to someday do just one greatest-hits album, but to reach the point where you're releasing your second collection of hits is beyond belief.

I'm an artist, therefore I think I am sensitive to human pain.

The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.

The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell; The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone.

If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso.

To be a true artist you have to play the way you feel - not the way others think you should feel.

As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge.

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above.

I was a scam artist in high school for a while.

Part of the joy of looking at art is getting in sync in some ways with the decision-making process that the artist used and the record that's embedded in the work.

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member.

I consider myself an artist. God granted me some gifts so that I could express myself artistically.

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe that, you can work in any circumstances.

An artist should remain true. Otherwise his talent, like his stomach, grows fat and stuffy.

Every artist in the world likes his or her work to make people think.

I think my father would have liked to have been an artist, actually. But I think he didn't quite have perhaps the drive or, I don't know, I mean he had a family to bring up I suppose.

I don't mean that if you're a Christian, walking close to God, you will immediately gain celebrity. you may fail as an artist, because you may not have what the public want at that time, and you have to be prepared for that.

As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded.

He was one of those inexplicable gifts of nature, an artist who leaps over boundaries, changes our nervous systems, creates a new language, transmits new kinds of joy to our startled senses and spirits.

The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you.

People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that I'm a jolly chap, and after all, that is what I am. I think it's a case of an absolute romantic naivety that there should be a parallel between the work and the artist.

I always knew that I wanted to be an artist.

As an adult (after college) and as an artist I thought about what was real, what sustained me - it was Christian Science. I was using that when I didn't know it. Saying yes to the Light and your better instinct.