True artists Quotes · Page 2

In the inner place where true artists create there exists a pure child.

— Lawren Harris

Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire.

— John Dewey

The true artist and the sane collector never will tolerate insincerity and impudence.

— Walter J. Phillips

People will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists.

— Russell Simmons

There's no doubt about it - gardeners are the only true artists these days.

— Joris-Karl Huysmans

I get freedom out of hip-hop. I get to be a true artist without any shackles or harnesses.

— Ice Cube

All true artists, bear within themselves a deeply rooted and often unconscious desire for transformation.

— Michael Chekhov

The true artist is known by what he annexes, and he annexes everything.

— Oscar Wilde

It is only the unimaginative who ever invents. The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he annexes.

— Oscar Wilde

A true artist does not depend on radio for success. A true fan does not let radio determine what they support

— Talib Kweli

If you intend on building a solid career, it's best to not worry about the major label approach. It's a trade-off that…

— Raheem Jarbo

Every true artist feels that he is touching transcendental truths; that his images are shadows of things seen through the veil.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Freedom, individualism and being yourself so long as you don't hurt another's physical person or property: The true artist is a man…

— Oscar Wilde

I feel people are seeing me as a true artist rather than a singer, or an entertainer, or a girl who just…

— Alessia Cara

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

“True artists, whatever smiling faces they may show you, are obsessive, driven people—whether driven by some mania or driven by some high,…

— John Gardner

If sometimes our great artists have been the most critical of our society, it is because their sensitivity and their concern for…

— John F. Kennedy

“I'm the only true artist Rome has known - the only one, believe me - to match his inspiration with his deeds.…

— Albert Camus

Authors of so-called 'literary' fiction insist that action, like plot, is vulgar and unworthy of a true artist. Don't pay any attention…

— Dean Koontz

There are two ways to live: you can live as if nothing is a miracle; you can live as if everything is…

— Albert Einstein

The mind is essentially a survival machine. Attack and defense against other minds, gathering, storing, and analyzing information - this is what…

— Eckhart Tolle

A true priest is aware of the presence of the altar during every moment that he is conducting a service. It is…

— Constantin Stanislavski

“I've had people come up to me with the strangest interpretations of what my lyrics might mean, and I'm like, "You go!…

— Serj Tankian

I think if you're a creative person, then you're always kinda looking to move things along - 'Where else can I go?…

— Paul Weller

A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public to him are non-existent.

— Oscar Wilde

“True artists know how to cut their subjects open and bleed them onto the canvas.”

— Chelsea Sedoti

“True artists unburden their envies and work toward encouraging amateurs.”

— Aniruddha Sastikar

Prince.. a true artist in every sense of the world.Gone way too soon.

— Quincy Jones

True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.

— Auguste Rodin

A true artist is practically married to his or her art form so I just couldn't turn my back on it.

— St. Lucia

True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely.

— Yoko Ono

In every photographer there was a painter, a true artist, awaiting expression.

— Pablo Picasso

Hypnotically haunting sounds from a true artist that dares to dream.

— John Lindberg

Every true artist must, in his own way, be a magician, a charlatan.

— Orson Welles

“A plagiarist steals from one person. A true artist steals from everybody”

— Pablo Picasso

I think this is true for all artists. My senses are very important to me.

— Sharon Olds

What is it at which all true artists are aiming? It is life, it is reality.

— John Edgar Park

A true artist is driven by the never-ending desire to create.

— Lee Hammond

They[ Lana and Andy Wachowski]are true artists. They really are trying to say something and trying to create something original, and there…

— Daryl Hannah

Every true artist has been inspired more by the beauty of lines and color and the relationships between them than by the…

— Piet Mondrian