Artist Quotes · Page 69

Salome had but seven veils; the artist has a thousand.

— Edward Abbey

The real meaning of art lies behind it.

— Kendall Roa

An artist must not feel under any constraint.

— Henri Matisse

To be able to do art, it was a luxury to me.

— Anchee Min

Every work of art changes its predecessors.

— Mason Cooley

Science strives for answers, but art is happy with a good question.

— James Turrell

In the world of Art there are no wrong choices.

— Herbie Hancock

All true art must help the soul to realize its inner self.

— Mahatma Gandhi

The two greatest strokes of luck that can happen to a painter are (1) to be Spanish, (2) to be called Dali

— Salvador Dali

I was a visual artist primarily and a writer, even from a very young age.

— P. J. Harvey

I figure as an artist the best thing you can do is follow your heart - and if your heart is marketable,…

— Rodney Crowell

Artists never make wars. They are too busy making life out of the matter of their visions.

— Marya Mannes

It makes me sad when I see artists who come alive when they go onstage, because, gee, I really come alive when…

— David Bowie

Nursing is one of the Fine Arts: I had almost said, the finest of Fine Arts.

— Florence Nightingale

As an artist, you don't stop making art because people are not buying it.

— Damien Hirst

I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an…

— Steve Martin

If that one is already a great artist, who knows how to educe from a small piece of wood the face of…

— Nicholas of Cusa

One of my inspirations, Harry Houdini, remains an icon of the art because he defied our primal fears. His demonstrations in the…

— Criss Angel

I wasn't born an artist. I was really good in science as a kid. I probably shouldn't have been an artist because…

— Julie Delpy

As a filmmaker, like any artist, when something affects me emotionally I think about it in those terms. It's my way of…

— Ryan Coogler

I don't know what else I would do. I love entertaining people, I love communicating, I love an audience. I'm a real…

— Suzi Quatro

Man, me and Biggie were the biggest artists in New York. When he passed, I was so messed up. My attitude was…

— Nas

I cannot with any real integrity perform songs I've done for 25 years. I don't need the money. What I need is…

— David Bowie

I visited the Museum of Modern Art and viewed the exhibition of Picasso's sculptures, and I couldn't help but think about what…

— Jerry Pinkney

I'm a trained martial artist. My parents were both martial artists.

— Lynn Collins

The second you feel a political imperative, it destroys your art.

— Tucker Carlson

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

— W. H. Auden

Art is nature as seen through a temperament.

— Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot

A picture I drew of my girl friend from our first date.

— Matthew CAmpbell

“Music shouldn't be just a tune, it should be a touch.”

— Amit Kalantri

Great art stretches the taste, it doesn't follow tastes.

— Steve Jobs

Art is too serious to be taken seriously.

— Ad Reinhardt

Art is the most intense mode of individualism that the world has known.

— Oscar Wilde

He who wishes to paint Christ's story must live with Christ.

— Fra Angelico

Like the eagle, we (artists) must be able to see clearly.

— Jack White

You can only paint through your experience and sub-consciousness.

— Barbara Smith

Art is anything you can do well. Anything you can do with Quality.

— Robert M. Pirsig

I'd rather produce art than become art.

— Steven Morrissey

My gallery represents a lot of figurative artists.

— Larry Gagosian

“It is an artist's duty to reflect the times.”

— Nina Simone