Artist Quotes · Page 135

All men are creative but few are artists.

— Paul Goodman

“Paint stripes on a toad, he does not become a tiger.”

— George R.R. Martin

The role of art in society differs for every artist.

— Maya Lin

I just want to be an artist that makes exactly what he feels.

— Kyle

As much as I'm an artist, I consider myself a business person of sorts.

— Ariana DeBose

It seems to me that art has lost its connection to spirit.

— Brian Froud

I don't think you should categorize yourself as an artist.

— Laura Nyro

Our internal artist is always our creative child.

— Julia Cameron

“If you want to get one hour of good painting in, you have to have four hours of uninterrupted time.”

— David Lynch

The artist writes, paints, sings or dances the burden of some idea or feeling off his mind.

— Max Nordau

I'm really happy I was kicked out of CalArts (for a controversial art piece I made).

— Yony Leyser

shocked to realize how much vitality is required simply to support our primitive requirements, we wonder, bewildered, where Art fits in.

— Muriel Barbery

If the world would entwine their skills together we could make ONE MASTERPIECE MoneyLess

— Larry J Cowell

“If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

Whenever I sign a garment with my name, I consider myself as the creator of the masterpiece.

— Paul Poiret

Art, location, money - I say as long as you've got one of them, you're fine.

— David Hewlett

It is surprising that people do not believe that there is imagination in science. It is a very interesting kind of imagination,…

— Richard P. Feynman

The big moment came when it was decided to paint...Just To Paint. The gesture on the canvas was a gesture of liberation,…

— Harold Rosenberg

In terms of breaking an artist traditionally, it was in the form of radio. You had to pop your record off there.…

— B-Real

The difference between famous creators and struggling artists is that the creators know that improving the lives of others deserves the highest…

— Alan Cohen

“and a manner so peculiar and romantic, and extraneous, and ad libitum, and heart-searching, that—that—he—he is an impressionist, I presume?" "No," said…

— Mark Twain

Ayn Rand held that art is a 're-creation of reality according to an artist's metaphysical value-judgements.' By its nature, therefore, a novel…

— Leonard Peikoff

“I looked on astounded as from his ordinary life he made his art. We were both ordinary men, he and I. Yet…

— Peter Shaffer

Like students of art who walk around a great statue, seeing parts and aspects of it from each position, but never the…

— Robert Grudin

Art is more to do with observation than invention.

— Michael Craig-Martin

“The one thing necessary in life, as in art is to tell the truth.”

— Leo Tolstoy

As an artista, I'm not always beautiful.

— Heart Evangelista

If you can't make art, make your life a work of art.

— Andre Malraux

My mum is an artist. I guess that helps; she's very supportive.

— Sam Heughan

It is a task of art to express clear vision of reality.

— Piet Mondrian

There are so many artists that have inspired me.

— J Balvin

If you can't draw something, just draw it.

— Dieter Roth

For painting, I like strong lines, powerful pieces.

— Yusaku Maezawa

I studied art just short of the level where you can earn a degree.

— PJ Harvey

You think you're an artist; prove it

— Laurence Olivier

Call me an artist because I draw attention

— Frenchqueen

Works of art must persist as objects of contemplation.

— Herbert Read

The act of saying what you do helps shape you as an artist.

— Lynn Nottage

It's the strong will of an artist that really inspires me.

— Christine and the Queens

Critics are more committed to the rules of art than artists are.

— Mason Cooley