Artists don't need criticism, artists need love

Street artists need to get back to actually doing things on the streets instead of in the galleries where they all seem to be…

— Barry McGee

Artists need to express.

— Bebe Neuwirth

Artists... do not need the applause or condemnation of the critics, the ideas of other artists, or the demands of the collectors.

— Robert Genn

I know what labels and artists need, along with the consumer.

— Jimmy Iovine

Artists need a lot of collectors, all kinds of collectors, buying their art.

— Charles Saatchi

Artists need to fill themselves to overflowing and give it all back.

— E. B. Lewis

In order to thrive as artists we need to be available to the universal flow. When we put a stopper on our capacity for…

— Julia Cameron

These days there are painters that go inside a factory in order to be inspired by the noise of machines, so that it affects…

— Guity Novin

In order to be artists we need to be in our studios, in our private rooms... in our private personal space... that sacred protected…

— Adam Leipzig

I think functioning as a business manager can be a hindrance to having a real dialogue with the artist. I do think that artists…

— Larry Gagosian

Obviously, artists need to make money and stuff like that, but if you do something good or if you make good art or make…

— Kevin Parker

There's something odd about telling people, artists, that they need to work for free to be pure while you're sitting there getting a salary…

— Astra Taylor

“No art takes places without inspiration. Every artist also needs effective knowledge of his or her tools (e.g., does a certain brush function well…

— Anonymous

As artists we need to stop making work only for gallery or museum walls, or the coffee tables of collectors.

— Zoe Buckman

artists ... all have a need that cannot be met by another human being.

— Madeleine L'Engle