As far as more recognition goes, I am happy with the amount of love and respect I have received from other artists… — Suzi Quatro Copy Share Image
When I see people making 'abstract' painting, I think it's just a dialogue and a dialogue isn't enough. That is to say,… — Philip Guston Copy Share Image
It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realise his ideal. But the true tragedy… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I always feel as if I stood naked for the fire of Almighty God to go through me--and it's rather an awful… — D. H. Lawrence Copy Share Image
You're always in a box, and you're an escape artist if you do what I do - or if you're a creative… — Bruce Springsteen Copy Share Image
“These days any planned thing looked good to me. What heaven to have your work cut out for you, to be part… — Laurie Colwin Copy Share Image
For the mass of men the idea of artistic creation can only be expressed by an idea unpopular in present discussions -… — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Who are the happiest people on earth? A craftsman or artist whistling over a job well done. A little child building sand… — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
“2. Craftsmanship goes from an outlet for aesthetic expression to being dominated by functional considerations; craftsmanship wanes as a place to cultivate… — Sebastian Marshall Copy Share Image
Each painting seems to have a very specific size it wants to be. I have even started a painting or two over… — Mark Ryden Copy Share Image
A good producer brings out the best in the artist he's working with. You shouldn't be able to listen to something and… — Eddie Van Halen Copy Share Image
People say if you keep making work and keep putting it out, better things will come. I think artists should never forget… — Kalup Linzy Copy Share Image
The artist may rightly venture the opinion that he does not convey ideas, does not preach, nor that he intents to convert… — Antoni Tapies Copy Share Image
Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius - and I… — Kathe Kollwitz Copy Share Image
If you're not operating on an instinctive level, you're not an artist… Reason over emotion is bullshit, absolute bullshit... We suffocate ourselves… — Guillermo del Toro Copy Share Image
I don't really have control over my direct impression on people anymore. I used to be the person putting my CD in… — Chance the Rapper Copy Share Image
Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest… — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
As an artist, I think it's critical for keeping yourself alive that you try to get your hands into something a little… — Maggie Siff Copy Share Image
“This is not an age favourable to the development of artistic genius; it may be that for a time all forms of… — Elizabeth Jenkins Copy Share Image
The public has always, and in every age, been badly brought up. They are continually asking Art to be popular, to please… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Art is a luxury. It's not necessary for you to - you can work your job and you can make some money… — Wynton Marsalis Copy Share Image
Spiritually I am wherever my spirit allows me to be, and that is not necessarily in the future... Art never seems to… — Willem de Kooning Copy Share Image
I would have preferred to be successful here with a piece that cost me a huge amount of money and effort... rather… — Camille Claudel Copy Share Image
I think of art, at its most significant, as a DEW line, a Distant Early Warning system that can always be relied… — Marshall McLuhan Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be that artist that is successful as a result of someone else. Not that that's wrong, but I… — Kiesza Copy Share Image
Attempts to juggle domestic responsibilities with artistic production have often resulted in smaller bodies of work, and often works smaller in scale,… — Whitney Chadwick Copy Share Image
“All artists and craftspeople agree that there is an artistic process, and that living it means traveling the most significant and exhilarating… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“After that, he said, his father, who had always been neutral about his art, forbade him from taking classes. Even his mother,… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
My advice to any budding artist is never to be satisfied with imitating others. This is but a means to an end.… — Michael Kenna Copy Share Image
Had opened a gallery I already had strong connections with New York, because I was taking work on consignment from New York… — Virginia Dwan Copy Share Image
Every single song that's released in the world, there are 100 royalty points. The label will take, say, 80 points. The artist,… — Raye Copy Share Image
I've come up through art school, through painting, through graphic design, through advertising, through TV commercials and music video. I've designed books,… — Tony Kaye Copy Share Image
Being an artist and a musician, I have witnessed the previous generation taking the art form, not as a way of making… — David Finckel Copy Share Image
I love to draw and paint. I did all the illustrations in my books, so I always have my watercolours with me.… — Rachel Khoo Copy Share Image
“As a matter of fact, no one is more tiresome than the person who can understand only realism in art. It shows… — Aaron Copland Copy Share Image
One thing I'll say about Hitler that many people don't realize - and I don't mean to besmirch the industry - but… — Tim Wu Copy Share Image
Making drawings with text in the first place, it really was born of a desire to be economic, and to do things… — David Shrigley Copy Share Image
I think that I would really like at first for the art to speak for itself. I don't see the need for… — Allie X Copy Share Image
Do not call yourself an "artist-photographer" and make "artist-painters" and "artist-sculptors" laugh; call yourself a photographer and wait for artists to call… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
All painting, beginning with Impressionism, is antiscientific, even Seurat. I was interested in introducing the precise and exact aspect of science, which… — Marcel Duchamp Copy Share Image
