“start thinking of yourself as an artist and your life as a work-in-progress.” — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
My father was a professional artist all his life who encouraged my path as an artist. — Alex Grey Copy Share Image
We're the artist of our life, we shape things no one else can hear touch smell or see. — Jeremy Limn Copy Share Image
“You are a legend. Your self-invention matters. You are the artist of your own life.” — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
This is the artist, then, life's hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty's miser, glory's slave. — Tom Wolfe Copy Share Image
I feel most akin as an artist, in my life and my career, to Agatha Christie. — M. Night Shyamalan Copy Share Image
“It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realize his ideal.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
There's this idea of bankers retiring and painting watercolours. You can't dabble in art - it's a life. Being a writer, an… — Justin Cartwright Copy Share Image
May those who have touched our canvas with their eyes and hearts grow knowing the joy and wonder of an artist of… — Robert Regis Dvorak Copy Share Image
The naturalness of life... the sense of community is, I think, a very important factor in an artist's life. — Barbara Hepworth Copy Share Image
“[...] he is the artist of his own life, and creates it for himself every hour to suit his latest whim.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
The observation of nature is part of an artist's life, it enlarges his form [and] knowledge, keeps him fresh and from working… — Henry Moore Copy Share Image
Art is an attitude toward life. If you aim your work and your life high, keep your scene harmonious, then you're an… — Gage Taylor Copy Share Image
The young artist of today need no longer say 'I am a painter,' or 'a poet,' or 'a dancer.' He is simply… — Allan Kaprow Copy Share Image
“He wanted to be an artist, an artist of life wasn't enough for him, although precisely this concept provides everything we need… — Thomas Bernhard Copy Share Image
“And every artist’s life is a small war or a large one, beginning with oneself and one’s limitations. To achieve anything you… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realise his ideal. But the true tragedy… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I said earlier that I do not believe an artist's life throws much light upon his works. I do believe, however, that,… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
I have been given a unique role to play on this earth: given to me by a life filled with sickness, ill-starred… — Edvard Munch Copy Share Image
They say that art comes from the soul. The more drama in an artist's life, the more he can draw on for… — Robin Leach Copy Share Image
For a true artist, life is a real academy. I am always both a student and a teacher. I have been teaching… — Akiane Kramarik Copy Share Image
At the core of everything I do, is not my ambition but my desire to make music. Somewhere along the line I… — El-P Copy Share Image
My father was an artist. When life was harder and he couldn't get jobs, he painted houses, but he was artistic. When… — Ralph Lauren Copy Share Image
“Everything is gestation and then bringing forth. To let each impression and each germ of feeling come to completion wholly in itself,… — Rainer M. Rilke Copy Share Image
“What follows is the sum and substance of a remarkable year in a great artist’s life— Alexander Wainwright. He was at the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The artist's life cannot be otherwise than full of conflicts, for two forces are at war within him; on the one hand,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“People who enjoy the struggles of a gym are the ones who run triathlons and have chiseled abs and can bench-press a… — Mark Manson Copy Share Image
“I asked Bill what career path he thought I should take, and he replied, “Live the artist’s life.” For years I pondered… — Mallory M. O'Connor Copy Share Image
“...Nature becomes your teacher, and from her you will learn what is beautiful and who you are and what is your special… — Stephen Graham Copy Share Image
Patti [ Scialfa] was an artist and a musician and she was a songwriter. And she was a lot like me in… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“Everything is gestation and bringing forth. To let each impression and each germ of a feeling come to completion wholly in itself,… — Guy Claxton Copy Share Image
“They are the willing and skilled instruments of the gods and goddesses they serve. THE ARTIST'S LIFE Are you a born writer?… — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
A half dozen pictures would just about be enough for the life of an artist, for my life. — Giorgio Morandi Copy Share Image
An artist's life is supposed to lead toward his masterpiece, not away from it. — John Thomas Sladek Copy Share Image
An artist's life is to lead and not to follow and you have to take those chances. — Neha Bhasin Copy Share Image
In an artist's life, death is perhaps not the most difficult thing. — Vincent Van Gogh Copy Share Image