I didn’t paint my paintings to hang in some rich guy’s living room, — Ralph Fasanella Copy Share Image
“The careful observance of discipline is the mark of the artiste.” — Marion Zimmer Bradley Copy Share Image
I am deeply in tune with my heart and core, and it's made me a better writer, artist, and most of all… — Lykke Li Copy Share Image
Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man. — James Thurber Copy Share Image
There's never been a song that I just wrote and tried to send to an artist. — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that, in the end, art is not for the artist but for their fellow man. — George Rickey Copy Share Image
“The philosophers write about things as they are and as they appear to be, but as an artist I find that appearance… — Gary Inbinder Copy Share Image
There are many artists who feel that in order to move forward in their careers, they have to lose a drastic amount… — Kelly Price Copy Share Image
Art is changing. Again. Here. Now. Opportunities to witness this are rare, so attend and observe. — Jerry Saltz Copy Share Image
Part of being an artist is that you want to express yourself to as many people as possible. But you don't want… — Ed Kowalczyk Copy Share Image
“I've seen only painters and fishermen and I think they're both the same kind of men who made a different choice one… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Through the last few decades it [the art object] has been ripped off the wall and twisted through every conceivable permutation, yet… — Ashley Bickerton Copy Share Image
As a working-class girl, receiving free school dinners, I studied art history. Having never had the chance to visit art galleries, I… — Cornelia Parker Copy Share Image
I think I was born an artist. But the key is that I have a mom that encouraged and supported my artistic… — Julia Stiles Copy Share Image
The creative artist is the one wanting to make order out of chaos. The rest of us just accept disorder -if we… — Ursula Nordstrom Copy Share Image
A bit of advice, don't copy nature too closely. Art is an abstraction; as you dream amid nature, extrapolate art from it,… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
Writers and musicians know well the importance of extensive reading for successful writing or extensive listening for musical composition. Likewise, visual artists...… — Paul Laseau Copy Share Image
You can grow grapes in almost any part of the world. You just have to develop your palate enough to realize wine… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image