Art Quotes · Page 350

An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions, and I have mine.

— Andres Serrano

I think the worst thing in the world is for artists to produce themselves.

— Leo Sayer

I guess I've always liked the idea of being an artist.

— Larry Rivers

In America, we know to ignore artists if they're serious in any way.

— Anonymous

Aaliyah has been an artist I've grown up with, like an older sister.

— Romy Madley Croft

Am not an artist still I draw the attention of my haters:::

— Ifeoluwa Ogundijo

The presence of excessive wealth puts an unnatural spin on the appreciation of art.

— Steve Martin

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.

— Pablo Picasso

“I didn't originally intend to be an artist; I was much more interested in decorative arts--daily life, beautiful objects.”

— Helaine Posner

The media tends to put the artists with the hottest single on a pedestal. And as soon as that single goes away,…

— Too Short

All the arts serving human desires and needs are derived from the breath that Godsent into the human body.

— Hildegard of Bingen

[Slogan of her 'Trouble Bureau' for needy artists and musicians:] Happiness is a change of trouble.

— Malvina Hoffman

Becoming an artist is not empirical; it's not about hard work. You have to put the work in, but that doesn't mean…

— Amy Sherald

I'd rather be somewhere building a house, if I knew how. The whole idea of being a professional artist is like a…

— Willis Earl Beal

You know I'm the hardest. You know that my art is applauded" or "This is my fucked up life, don't try this…

— Tech N9ne

Master the divine techniques of the Art of Peace and no enemy will dare to challenge you.

— Morihei Ueshiba

An artist attunes to what things are, which means sort of listening to the future, which is just how things are -…

— Timothy Morton

I always try to make everyone mellow down, make sure everybody's happy. The people I have employed have always kind of stayed…

— Damien Hirst

Nature is boundless in her powers, exhausting in her variety: the powers of Art and its capabilities of variety in production are…

— Anna Brownell Jameson

“Horse [Man you will find here a new representation of the universe at its most poetic and most modern Man man man…

— Guillaume Apollinaire

Creativity is a central source of meaning in our lives...most of the things that are interesting, important, and human are the results…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

We get to the point then with modern science where you could almost say that modern science is the art of describing…

— Terence McKenna

“It is an old remark, that all arts and sciences have a mutual dependence upon each other... Thus men, very different in…

— Mark Kurlansky

“Art has no influence upon action. It annihilates the desire to act. It is superbly sterile. The books that the world calls…

— Oscar Wilde

Perfection is no more a requisite to art than to heroes.

— Ned Rorem

But as an artiste, I want to challenge myself because that is what art is all about.

— Amit Sadh

I suppose I see myself as a modern soul artist.

— Lianne La Havas

Artists make art... everyone else talks about it.

— Paul Russo

Art is the highest expression of the human spirit.

— Joyce Carol Oates

Every great artist has the sense of provocation.

— Arthur Cravan

there's no art but has some business to it and no business but some art.

— Inez Haynes Irwin

Through art we express our conception of what nature is not.

— Pablo Picasso

I've never been known as a riff kind of artist.

— Joe Bonamassa

I always find the mirror in the dressing room is where the best artists are.

— John Lydon

“The Arts are the only acceptable theatre of war for peace.”

— Bryant McGill

The 1,000 Buddha, to me, is almost like a contemporary art piece.

— Hiroshi Sugimoto

One goal of my art is to help people remember why they are here now.

— Gage Taylor

“Art is the most effective form of communication.”

— Jennifer Echols

I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work.

— Damien Hirst

A woman is fascinated not by art but by the noise made by those in the field.

— Anton Chekhov