Artist Quotes · Page 391

I make art to figure out what I'm thinking, not to tell people what I think.

— Glenn Ligon

Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists.

— Richard Thompson

Dada was an extreme protest against the physical side of painting. It was a metaphysical attitude.

— Marcel Duchamp

Nothing in Art is achieved by will alone. It is achieved by docilely submitting to the subconscious.

— Odilon Redon

If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso.

— Juliet Stevenson

Artists aren't looking for you to write them something; they're looking for you to give them something new.

— Ester Dean

I have not intended to denigrate or hurt the beliefs of anyone through my art.

— M. F. Husain

“My conscience, Sensei, tells me I cannot remain forever an artist of the floating world.”

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I wanted to be an honest writer and show my ugliness as much as I showed my hopes or goodness. And that…

— Jewel

For me, it's really important that the experience of art is always something that is able to provoke strong emotion, an emotion…

— Camille Henrot

We're going to do three things: teach-ins across the country so people can learn about each other's issues and causes; parties with…

— Van Jones

As the twentieth century ends, commerce and culture are coming closer together. The distinction between life and art has been eroded by…

— Stephen Bayley

Beauty is for the artist something outside all orders of rank, because in beauty opposites are tamed; the highest sign of power,…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

As an artist you can use your own discomfort and neuroses and difficulties and at least transform them into something else. Without…

— Steve Toltz

In sharp contrasts to traditional art, modern art does not hide the fact that it is something made and produced: on the…

— Theodor Adorno

Producing a film is more unfamiliar territory. Although producing an album and overseeing artists is a task within itself. But film is…

— T.I

I don't believe anyone really likes paint, unless he's tempted to eat it.

— Harold Town

“He believed that any work an artist puts forth which contains the truth as he or she sees it is worthy of…

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

The big labels have less of a stranglehold on artists and how they record and where they go.

— Kim Wilde

After 20 years of painting wildlife subjects in acrylic, I felt the need for a change and began to explore portraiture and…

— Ron Parker

If an artist I liked disowned songs that meant a lot to me, I would be pretty hurt by that.

— Porter Robinson

Sculpture and seams are like boxers and broken noses: They go hand in hand.

— Charles Ray

I want to get out as much art as I can while I'm here, and I seem to get better the more…

— Joey Jordison

What I always look for in just about any band or artists I sign is their songs.

— Seymour Stein

I love to dwell on the thought that the artist is next in divinity to the saint. He, like the saint, performs…

— Stanley Spencer

Art is not so much talent as character… it's what you are, the qualities of the person.

— John Olsen

Mazur was a remarkable artist. During our time in Rome we became friends. I would often perform my works for him at…

— Michael Hersch

[Phil Wood] was a great artist, and he knew things. He could be mildly conversant in several languages.

— Jon Gordon

I think they want to keep it separate, but I've never been a crossover artist for some reason.

— Reba McEntire

I don't really like the term 'artist.' I'm not sure what it means. It's a bit like 'love.'

— David Bailey

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

— Robert Schumann

“True art was based upon despair, and the important thing was to make yourself and those around you as miserable as possible.”

— David Sedaris

Today the function of the artist is to bring imagination to science and science to imagination, where they meet, in the myth.

— Cyril Connolly

I think Banksy is a very cool artist, and I respect his social messages.

— Kim Rossmo

An artist is an entertainer, number one - a storyteller who takes people someplace, who gives them what they didn't know they…

— Julie Taymor

“The art world is the biggest joke going. It’s a rest home for the overprivileged, the pretentious, and the weak.”

— Banksy

Trying to launch a career as an artist is like trying to run through a crowd holding hands with five people. It's…

— LP

“I think the general’s job is harder than the painter’s; canvas doesn’t fight back, after all.”

— Django Wexler

I enjoy looking, learning, smiling, and engaging with art, sometimes even rejecting it.

— Elisabeth von Thurn und Taxis

When you are an artist you can turn your hand to anything, in any style. Once you have the tools then all…

— David Bowie