Artist Quotes · Page 151

Art is a form of love. Art is the ultimate gift. Art heals life.

— Robert Genn

I'm not an artist I'm a survivor, my artistry helps me breathe.

— Jeremy Limn

The true artist is known by what he annexes, and he annexes everything.

— Oscar Wilde

When we think we don't like art it is because it is artificial art.

— Marianne Moore

Art is the most intense mode of invidualism that the world has known.

— Oscar Wilde

Art is a shadow of Divine perfection.

— Michelangelo

To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes.

— Akira Kurosawa

I'm terminally dissatisfied. That's probably part of being an artist.

— Jared Leto

I guess I am ruthless too because that's what makes a great artist. But I also respect people, I don't go around…

— Julian Schnabel

I need to go where I'm not comfortable. I think that's the artist's job.

— Kelly Sue DeConnick

I have found, and most artists are probably this way, that [when] you're working on some kind of idea, the idea makes…

— Michelle Stuart

I will say that art may well be the only thing that lasts, so I guess it's worth trying.

— Nellie McKay

Artists are the only people in the world who really live. The others have to hope for heaven.

— John French Sloan

I'm just trying to understand what's around me as much as anyone else is, really. To draw a bead on a moving…

— Dylan Moran

People who have ordered my pieces to be removed should have asked themselves before if they were artworks or vandalism.

— Invader

I can't imagine anybody who ends up being an artist who didn't pass through a time of geekiness.

— Junot Diaz

The expectations of the viewer are what you're asking about. And the expectations of the viewer are manifold. However, they are very…

— Kehinde Wiley

I saw an early cut of 'The Disaster Artist,' and I thought it was inspiring in a lot of ways, and it…

— Greg Sestero

Some people would say my paintings show a future world and maybe they do, but I paint from reality. I put several…

— H. R. Giger

The artist must be a philosopher. Socrates the skilled sculptor, Jean-Jacques [Rousseau] the good musician, and the immortal Poussin, tracing on the…

— Jacques-Louis David

Should I be collaborating with artists of color solely because of their race and my politics? This question is weighted with my…

— Vivek Shraya

With time, art developed Bip, my alter ego. He was not only a lion tamer or a street musician but a soldier…

— Marcel Marceau

Sarah Vaughan is one of my greatest heroes. She personifies what an artist is all about, taking risks, daring to go beyond…

— Claron McFadden

Talent seduces us into interpretation. My sister could draw wonderfully, but she would never have hit upon the idea of becoming a…

— Georg Baselitz

I'm trying to figure out if I love art enough to be poor.

— Marina Keegan

The painter of the future will be a colorist unlike anything yet.

— Vincent Van Gogh

It's all about the art, really, at the end of the day.

— Borns

I think I'm a much better painter than an actor.

— Sylvester Stallone

The truly original artist invents his own signs.

— Henri Matisse

A heavy heart produces the finest art.

— Anonymous

Our thoughts are to the individual as our art is to the community.

— Wendell Pierce

Tupac is my favorite artist, and he had mad style.

— Lewis Hamilton

Painting, like passion, is a living voice.

— Barnett Newman

I love hip-hop and you can't tell me I'm not a hip-hop artist.

— Derek Luke

Existence is a Fact, Living is an Art

— Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

One hundred artists introduce us to one hundred worlds.

— William Baziotes

Art is like a fart for the soul. Better out than in.

— Martin Firrell

Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise.

— Christian Bale

We are all born artists. ... Almost everything kids do is art.

— Anonymous

It's hard to make great art when you've got too much pressure.

— Charles Kelley