Artist Quotes · Page 183

“Sex is an art; those who know better are the better artists.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

Art to me was a state: it didn't need to be an accomplishment.

— Margaret Caroline Anderson

I had a big collection of fried eggs that I painted

— Shakira

The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

— Pablo Picasso

Why is the industry engineered to keep the artists in debt?

— Jadakiss

Art is not about itself but the attention we bring to it.

— Marcel Duchamp

A work of art comes out of a state of deep stillness.

— Eckhart Tolle

Conform, go crazy, or become an artist.

— Nancy Springer

Painting is seen as picture making, the making of an art object, something that can stand on its own.

— Peter Wright

...Omit nothing which can advance his work, and not blame others for the delay.

— Vincent de Paul

I'm really an artist. I really do this. I don't need the money. It doesn't matter to me.

— Trippie Redd

Without art we live under the illusion that there is only time, and not eternity.

— Clarissa Pinkola Estes

“She had interesting cracks on her ceiling, which she had mentally enhanced and colored to make a virtual series of 723 abstracts.”

— Anne Charnock

I know that sounds a little bit corny, but I've found some solace in that. I hope art can continue to do…

— Ava DuVernay

An artiste's input, her ability to create dimensions within the given space is very important.

— Urmila Matondkar

My work as an artist is completely separate from my work as a philanthropist.

— Lady Gaga

What lists and awards don't measure - and I feel this strongly - is the lasting value of any work of art.…

— Jennifer Egan

I believe in painting and I believe in eating too. What can we do? We have to eat, we have to paint,…

— Gerhard Richter

I am very conscious of the viewer because that's where the art takes place. My work really strives to put the viewer…

— Jeff Koons

My best business decision was to be independent as a musician and artist. My worst was compromising on certain aspects of a…

— Ziggy Marley

At school, I always felt the art room was the place where you could sit and talk. It was a place of…

— Anonymous

“If we are inclined to forget how much there is in the world besides that which we anticipate, then works of art…

— Alain de Botton

An artist or writer always has to move forward. All the time you're trying to improve yourself, or at least look at…

— Paul Weller

I like to be aware of a book as a piece of writing, and aware of its structure as a product of…

— Annie Dillard

“Life in a palace rather resembles camping in a museum,”

— Kate Williams

The greatest foe to art is luxury, art cannot live in its atmosphere.

— William Morris

Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication

— Leonardo Da Vinci

It fascinates me to create beautiful paintings with the simplest means.

— James Rosenquist

Each painting is a plunge into the unknown.

— Joseph Plaskett

The lover of nature has the highest art in his soul.

— Richard Jefferies

“Freedom can choke you if you don't know how to handle it.”

— Charlotte Eriksson

We need art more than ever as we stagger toward the Millennium.

— Fritz Scholder

Sometimes people only see horrible, terrible things in my paintings.

— H. R. Giger

Art is the employent of the powers of nature for an end.

— John Stuart Mill

Art is so subjective, and people can react however they want.

— Jennifer Aniston

“My artwork isn't evolving, it's deconstructing, and I don't know why.”

— Neal Shusterman

I just do art because I’m ugly and there’s nothing else for me to do.

— Andy Warhol

Even if virtually anything can be art, there are levels of quality.

— Thomas Hoving

As much as I love being an artist, I love being a mom even more.

— Beth Grant

It's hard to make a living as an artist, period.

— Sahara Davenport