Artist Quotes · Page 266

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men.

— Vincent Van Gogh

If I stretch my arms and wonder where my fingers are - that is all the space I need as a painter.

— Willem de Kooning

I still come closest to success with drawing. When I use color the results are dubious, for these painfully gained experiences bear…

— Paul Klee

I began my career as a recording artist, and eventually I started directing my own music videos.

— Johan Renck

Perhaps this is the purpose of all art, all writing, on the murders, fiction and non-fiction: Simply to participate.

— Alan Moore

Leger was not only the first artist I ever met but also the first pop artist, and he blew our minds.

— William Klein

Science is moving closer to weaponry, and Art is moving closer to commercialism. And never the twain shall meet.

— Frank Zappa

The arts can bring the heart to the aid of the head, the personal to the political.

— Scilla Elworthy

In art, there is one thing which does not receive sufficient attention. The element which is left to the human will is…

— Charles Baudelaire

I have great admiration and respect for the editors, writers, and artists of the comic books. They're turning out, I don't know,…

— Michael Uslan

If I had the capabilities of being something other than I am, I would. It's no fun being an artist. You know…

— John Lennon

I'll be honest, I worry sometimes about what I've done. I have tied my whole person to my art and, whatever it…

— Rufus Wainwright

“Creative work bridges time because the energy of art is not time-bound. If it were we should have no interest in the…

— Jeanette Winterson

It’s about a singer who first sneered about my allegedly not authentic style but later she stole and copied it. And now…

— Lana Del Rey

There is always a struggle, a striving for something bigger than yourself in all forms of art. And even if you don't…

— Rex Harrison

Then very slowly I go to slightly lighter colors until little by little, the forms begin to take shape and I start…

— Anonymous

“We all have an artist within us; but not all of us help him to create wings on our bodies! Those who…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Art transcends war. Art is the language of God and war is the barking of men. Beethoven is bigger than war.

— Fannie Hurst

One can paint with two colors, and draw with one. Three, or four at most, have for centuries been enough men.

— Henri Michaux

When it comes to art and science, people don't like a lot of either. Instead of being open to it, they're closed…

— Tim Burton

Believing in one’s own art becomes harder and harder when the public response grows fonder.

— Cindy Sherman

Of late years (perhaps as a result of our political changes) art has borrowed from history more than ever.

— Alfred de Vigny

I always felt like an outsider of the industry, and now I feel quite comfortable as an independent artist.

— Kate Nash

Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as an artist.

— Bill Griffith

The chief concern of the French Impressionists was the discovery of balance between light and dark.

— Stephen Gardiner

I think that all great art never strives to answer any questions; it just asks the appropriate ones at the appropriate time.

— Rhys Ifans

An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away.

— Artie Shaw

The artist's interest cannot be restricted to a single field; he must seek the highest perception of everything, of the whole and…

— Asger Jorn

Art is coming face to face with yourself. That's what's wrong with Benton. He came face to face with Michelangelo-- and he…

— Jackson Pollock

I don't really have a gimmick or a 'thing.' I'm one of the few artists who gets to be himself every day.

— Drake

People may wish to say that the thing that is in conflict with my creativity is not Buddhism - that's fine.

— Quentin S. Crisp

God made the world as an artist and that is why the world must learn from its artists.

— George Bernard Shaw

I'm not somebody who would be a starving artist. I don't enjoy being poor, I like to sleep, I like not to…

— Robby Hoffman

“Anything that is not necessary to the painting damages it." Henri Matisse”

— Volkmar Essers

I still believe that the best art - be it music, comedy, painting, etc. - is the art that hasn't been asked…

— Matt Berry

I think the curation consternation is this: Just because you like something or list something, are you really curating?

— Faith Salie

I don't train like a mixed martial artist. I don't respect the sport like everyone else does.

— Derrick Lewis

The Web has incredible potential for an artist who keeps in touch with millions of people.

— Ed Kowalczyk

I'm saving up to buy art. Nothing famous, but every time I'm in a new city I wander into galleries and dream…

— Nicola Formichetti

To become romantic artists, we must pierce the armor that hides our hearts, and the piercing is not comfortable.

— Marianne Williamson