Artist Quotes · Page 78

An artist chooses his subjects: that is the way he praises.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Plz comment if u think my art is good

— Keys

So many artists try to be something that they're not.

— Johnny Van Zant

“When Louise worried bout something, it often turned up in her art.”

— Jan Greenberg

“It is ten per cent how you draw, and ninety per cent what you draw.”

— Andrew Loomis

A city without passion is just a city of artistic events.

— Pier Giorgio Di Cicco

I view art as an inspirational tool.

— Anonymous

Modern art was born from a desire to destroy kitsch.

— Roger Scruton

I'm not going to let anyone tell me that I can't perform, that I'm not artistic.

— Max Aaron

“Always good to remember when you're making art. You don't have to like it, just be ready to do the next thing.”

— Neil Gaiman

The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant.

— Julien Benda

A work becomes a work of art when one re-evaluates the values of nature and adds one's own spirituality.

— Emil Nolde

I was not out to paint beautiful pictures; even painting good pictures was not important to me. I wanted only to help…

— Anonymous

Hema ji is a dedicated artist and a perfectionist who continues to rehearse on her lines till she gets them right.

— Rakul Preet Singh

I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.

— Samuel L. Jackson

I try to not to overanalyze, not to watch myself too much, but to be present in life and in my art.…

— Chrissy Metz

[I] was always my dream to attend the Art Institute. I have always had this zeal to become the best that I…

— St. Lucia

“Part of the problem [with Picasso's fame] lies with the artist himself - at that point when Picasso stopped making art and…

— Art in America; Picasso: A Symposium John Jacobus

The average parent may, for example, plant an artist or fertilize a ballet dancer and end up with a certified public accountant.…

— Ellen Goodman

In her dance, she controlled the bright paper birds with invisible wires and threads. She played the human: heavy, tied to earth.…

— Katherine Catmull

Going to the office of some stranger and waiting in a line, in a hallway, with five other guys who look just…

— Thomas McDonell

I did not know how to paint a mural. I did not know how to prepare the surface. There was nobody from…

— Maurice Sendak

The world shows up for us, but it doesn't show up for free. We must show up, too, and bring along what…

— Alva Noe

People often misuse the term 'Regency' to describe art or antiques dating from a vague period between the 1790s and the 1830s,…

— Lucy Worsley

I was more than just a moody artist.

— Rick Springfield

Art imitates life. Life imitates high school.

— Brad Holland

The artistic path is a fearless occupation.

— Alonzo King

I think that art is supposed to be ahead of the times.

— Anna Deavere Smith

Before 'Gangnam Style' I was not a good attitude artist.

— PSY

“Art is a visual language; I'm just perfecting my alphabet.”

— Zachary A. Diaz

I never thought about doing anything other than making art.

— Kim Gordon

For us chess players the language of artist is something natural.

— Vladimir Kramnik

“Art is a terrible preacher, but a tremendous conversationalist.”

— Melanie Dale

Free enterprise is not a bad idea and has produced art.

— Ishmael Reed

A walk down 14th street is more amazing than any masterpiece of art.

— Allan Kaprow

Eventually, most people felt MoMA had filled a very important gap.

— David Rockefeller

Why an artist loves what they do is often so hard to describe.

— Elisabeth Moss

To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature

— Auguste Rodin

Nothing reveals more about the inner life of a people than their arts.

— Diane Ackerman

The painter should not paint what he sees, but what will be seen.

— Paul Klee