Artist Quotes


A man who works with his hands is a laborer; a man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman; but a man who works with his hands and his brain and his heart is an artist. Louis Nizer Artist 272
To say that an artist sells out means that an artist is making a conscious choice to compromise his music, to to weaken his music for the sake of commercial gain. Ken Burns Artist 165
Suicide carried off many. Drink and the devil took care of the rest Robert Louis Stevenson Artist 117
You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there. Maria Callas Artist 108
The artists task is to save the soul of mankind and anything less is a dithering while Rome burns. Because of the artists who are selfselected for being able to journey into the Other if the artists cannot find the way then the way cannot be found. Terence McKenna Artist 100
The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy creatively and pandering to it. Andy Goldsworthy Artist 94
No. Not yet. A craftsman only. But I dream to be an artist. I pray that someday if I work with enough care if I am very very lucky I will make a weapon that is a work of art. Call me an artist then and I will answer. William Goldman Artist 92
In fact, the element of play has an important role in my life, and I think that should be the case in the life of every artist. Our life is occupied with playing, whether we play an instrument or a role. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Artist 88
A record deal doesnt make you an artist you make yourself an artist Lady Gaga Artist 87
I think most paintings are a record of the decisions that the artist made. I just perhaps make them a little clearer than some people have. Chuck Close Artist 87
A great chef is an artist that I truly respect. Robert Stack Artist 87
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. Pablo Picasso Artist 85
I like the idea of the artist going out in the world, creating a dialogue. James De La Vega Artist 85
My parents always saw me as an artist, and that greatly influenced me. Meredith Brooks Artist 85
The need to be a great artist makes it hard to be an artist. The need to produce a great work of art makes it hard to produce any art at all. Julia Cameron Artist 84
The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world. In this long vigil he often has to vary his methods of stimulation; but in this long vigil he is also himself striving against a continual tendency to sleep. Marc Chagall Artist 83
I am not a painter, nor an artist. Therefore I can see straight, and that may be my undoing. Alfred Stieglitz Artist 83
I was exposed to the arts, but there was no one in my family who was an artist. Marisa Tomei Artist 83
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. Jack Kroll Artist 83
It was Barnett Newman who made the famously wry remark Aesthetics is for the artist as ornithology is for the birds Ross Wetzsteon Artist 83
The cultured man is an artist, an artist in humanity. Ashley Montagu Artist 83
When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight. Placido Domingo Artist 82
Because all the brilliant ones they can sing it and they can paint it but they cant do it. You cant expect them to love you. Dakota Lane Artist 82
The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools. Thomas Eakins Artist 81
But at a certain point, you have to take your influence and find your own voice if you want to become a relevant artist. Edward Burns Artist 81
A good artist has less time than ideas. Martin Kippenberger Artist 81
I do not know anything about Art with a capital A. What I do know about is my art. Because it concerns me. I do not speak for others. So I do not speak for things which profess to speak for others. My art however speaks for me. It lights my way. Mark Z. Danielewski Artist 80
This comes from dangling from the ceiling Michelangelo Buonarroti Artist 80
My name is Kurt Schwitters... I am an artist and I nail my pictures together. Kurt Schwitters Artist 80
I want to keep - this seems so corny - I want to keep growing as an artist. John Glover Artist 79
The role of the artist I now understood as that of revealing through the world-surfaces the implicit forms of the soul, and the great agent to assist the artist was the myth. Joseph Campbell Artist 79
At moments of great enthusiasm it seems to me that no one in the world has ever made something this beautiful and important. M.C. Escher Artist 79
But I owe something to Vincent, and that is, in the consciousness of having been useful to him, the confirmation of my own original ideas about painting. And also, at difficult moments, the remembrance that one finds others unhappier than oneself. Paul Gauguin Artist 79
The modern artist must live by craft and violence. His gods are violent gods. Those artists, so called, whose work does not show this strife, are uninteresting. Ezra Pound Artist 79
The artist is the confidant of nature, flowers carry on dialogues with him through the graceful bending of their stems and the harmoniously tinted nuances of their blossoms. Every flower has a cordial word which nature directs towards him. Auguste Rodin Artist 78
Only the mediocre artist is always at his best. Victor J. Banis Artist 78
Art does not have to be dull to be effective the artist does not have to be a bore to be real. Burton Raffel Artist 78
I am an artist first and a photographer second. Andres Serrano Artist 78
For a long time I wanted to be a comic strip artist but when I started doing them in my teens they were getting really elaborate with tons of poses and a lot of information. Craig McCracken Artist 78
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. Pablo Picasso Artist 77
The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness. Max Eastman Artist 77
An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God. Patti Smith Artist 77
There was never any effort made out there to improve the artist. Jackie Cooper Artist 77
It is futile for an artist to try to create an environment because you have an environment around you all the time. Any living organism has an environment. Carl Andre Artist 76
I am tapping into a place in you that is unexplored, and very dangerous, but I think essential to the creative life of an artist. Brandon Boyd Artist 76
I think we have to bottom out. When the studios jump out of the ring, perhaps the artist can get back in. Don Bluth Artist 75
Everything that Eddie has said about me is the total opposite of what really happened. Eddie says I wanted to be a solo artist. No, Eddie wanted to be a solo artist. Sammy Hagar Artist 75
Copy nature and you infringe on the work of our Lord. Interpret nature and you are an artist. Jacques Lipchitz Artist 75
Today the artist has inherited the combined functions of hermit pilgrim prophet priest shaman sorcerer soothsayer alchemist. Thomas Merton Artist 74
Music tells you about the artist and what they were thinking about at the time, because the person has to think about it to sing it. Sean Paul Artist 73

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