Artist Quotes · Page 408

You must break all the rules of painting, but you must also convince me you've had a reason to do so.

— Hans Hofmann

“...what is art to the dilettante but the initiation of the sacred few to the exclusion of the profane crowd?...”

— John Geddes

As I've grown as an artist, I've gotten more and more in touch with my center, and that center is voice and…

— Lindsey Buckingham

I always knew who I was, but everyone else wanted to me to be their 'idea' of the 'right' artist. At times,…

— Dawn Richard

Most people who think they can't live up to the great painters of the past, often times have a group of people…

— Laura Owens

I've watched too many artists in my life forget how good the things they used to do were.

— James Murphy

If an artist comes intuitively from the point of design, notan - lightness/darkness - is natural.

— Sara Genn

There is a power in everything; it is the job of the artist to determine it and express it.

— Mencius

It's impossible to predict which paintings will last and which won't. In New Orleans I painted on a dilapidated shop in a…

— Banksy

I was really into artwork in high school and my art teacher made it clear to me that it's not really a…

— Jack Larson

There's no real network, and every city in Mississippi is so spread out, so it isn't easy to drive around and pass…

— Big K.R.I.T

The basic project of art is always to make the world whole and comprehensible, to restore it to us in all its…

— Robert Hughes

“Is it possible to make a living by simply watching light? Monet did. Vermeer did. I believe Vincent did too. They painted…

— Terry Tempest Williams

What the artist should be asking is, "Am I being honest? Am I being myself? Am I searching for the truth? Am…

— Scott Kahn

Life and mind are continuously in conflict with each other. I want happiness, security. I won't reach that by considerations of my…

— Bram van Velde

Willem de Kooning is generally credited for coming out of the painterly gates strong in the forties, revolutionizing art and abstraction and…

— Jerry Saltz

The fact is, when you date an artist, you have to know that they're going to sing about you.

— Tove Lo

A quality martial artist is always ready for any move, and trains oneself invincible.

— Bruce Lee

I feel most akin as an artist, in my life and my career, to Agatha Christie.

— M. Night Shyamalan

If a musician wants to become a finer artist, he must first become a finer person.

— Shinichi Suzuki

I see a lot of true artists... then you see them on the cover of Maxim. That's the lowest of low to…

— Cheyenne Kimball

“You put your soul into those paintings, and nothing in this world is more beautiful to me than that soul of yours.”

— R.K. Lilley

Art is like singing. Some do it better than others, but everyone can and should be doing it for their soul.

— Barbara Mason

A writer needs a pen, an artist needs a brush, but a filmmaker needs an army.

— Anonymous

I think life is the most important thing and you have to live that first and then you're art comes second.

— Jenny Lewis

Artists are prophets. They define the meaning of our lives and point the way.

— Tony Bouza

“There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. —Pablo Picasso”

— Edward B. Burger

Only he who possesses a personal religion, an original view of infinity, can be an artist.

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when…

— Dan Fogelberg

Paint your picture by means of the lights. Lights define texture and color - shadows define form.

— Howard Pyle

I see myself as a hip-hop artist, but I never wanted to make music for a specifically white audience. That's not what…

— G-Eazy

Your thoughts are like the artist's brush. They create a personal picture of the reality you live in.

— Sydney Banks

Art is the Western myth, with which we both console ourselves and make ourselves.

— Zadie Smith

I'm not a politician; I'm an artist. So I always feel the need to give the unfiltered truth, (or) what I think…

— Janelle Monae

I become an actor, a quick-change artist, as if I can trap the Prince of Truth in the act of switching a…

— Norman Mailer

I don't want to express violence or anger or hate in my art. I want to express forgiveness.

— Raymond Pettibon

I was hoping to attend the School of Visual Arts and had a portfolio built up.

— Kevin Dillon

Too many people are worried about having results NOW...the Mona Lisa was not created in a day. Perfection takes time.

— Anonymous

“I almost can't believe you won first place, because the painting deserves it so much, and people who deserve to win hardly…

— Natalie Standiford

Choosing sepia is all to do with trying to make the image look romantic and idealistic. It's sort of a soft version…

— Martin Parr