Artist Quotes · Page 227

I believe that the quintessential task of every painter in any time has been to concentrate on the essential.

— Gerhard Richter

Hip-hop is such a disposable art form from a business standpoint. It never treats its artists as art; it never treats its…

— Questlove

...that horrible moment of suspense when the artist shows one of his creations to strange eyes for the first time.

— Irving Stone

Don't worry about how you 'should' draw it. Just draw it the way you see it.

— Tim Burton

A writer or any suffering artist-to-be is just an instrument too finely set to the human condition [...]

— Gary Shteyngart

I've admired Alicia Keys since before I got into the music industry, just everything she represents as a female artist.

— Melanie Fiona

Constant contact is what people require these days. Its tough on artists.

— Emily Robison

You can't brand an artiste and take away the fact that he or she wants to do something genuinely different.

— Sameera Reddy

I don't think you can approach any piece of art with boundaries or rules. I think respect is a very important thing,…

— Jake Gyllenhaal

I think I first realized I wanted to be in country music and be an artist when I was 10. And I…

— Taylor Swift

The problem with Yves Saint Laurent was that he was a man who understood his time period better than anyone, but he…

— Pierre Berge

“A miniaturist creates his art by heeding his conscience and by obeying the principles in which he believes, fearing nothing. he pays…

— Orhan Pamuk

Respect is one of the greatest expressions of Love. If other people try to write your story, it means they don't respect…

— Miguel Angel Ruiz

I'm drawn to talented, creative people who often just don't know how to support themselves - they're more focused on their work…

— Mark Parker

I went to art school for about a year. I was born and raised in the Willamette Valley in Oregon into a…

— Mike Royer

Those who write for lucre or fame are grosser than the cartel robbers, for they steal the genius of the people, which…

— Edward Dahlberg

Art is a way of showing the outside world what your inside world is like.

— Jerry Saltz

Art is just a series of natural gestures. For God's sake, don't try to be artistic - all wild animals walk the…

— John Marin

“As comestibles nourish our bodies and ideas nourish our minds, so art nourishes our souls.”

— Alexandra York

“Every artist is born in a place, within a family, and though she may leave those sources far behind, they remain within…

— Tori Amos

Berry Gordy believed in owning the artist for life and controlling everything: the money, the station wagons, everything.

— Wilson Pickett

I know I ain't nobody's bargain, but hell a little touchup and a little paint...

— Bruce Springsteen

It's frightening for one artist to see another one, any other one turn away from art.

— Samuel R. Delany

Going through the Chagrin Falls school system, I always thought I was going off to art school.

— Lee Unkrich

Silent films weren't so different from my comics - the basic choice both offer an artist is what do you show and…

— Emil Ferris

Painting is the chance to create a different space, or different way of picturing a literal stream of images.

— Cynthia Daignault

No one was more surprised than me when my paintings started selling, except maybe my dealer.

— Chuck Close

You can't do sketches enough. Sketch everything and keep your curiosity fresh.

— John Singer Sargent

Art is a Great Goddess of infinite intrigue and illusion, and even a lifetime of worship may not find her fickle soul.

— Robert Genn

The first essential to success in the art you practice is respect for the art itself.

— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota.

— Gustave Courbet

Cultures render their icons in their own image. Which comes down to vanity, in some sense.

— Joel Edgerton

Generally in our world, whether in architecture or almost anywhere else, we devalue the artist, and schools at whatever level shut people…

— Frank Gehry

“It comforted him because it could not be called suffering if it was a sign of Art.”

— Hermann Bahr

Nowadays, you can be a fan of someone that's not an actor or artist. You can be a fan of someone that…

— Cameron Dallas

The art of life is to know how to enjoy a little and to endure very much.

— William Hazlitt

With out art, without communicating, we wouldn't live beyond 30 because we'd be so sad and depressed.

— Wayne Coyne

I'm a huge fan of Geffen records. Everything about them - their artists, their videos, their marketing.

— Guy Oseary

It's really rare that an entire genre of music allows an artist from a different genre to come and live there.

— Ne-Yo

The first tour an artist does is a strange one... because you can never tell how the audience is going to react.

— Labrinth