What an artist is for is to tell us what we see but do not…

Any two philosophers can tell each other all they know in two hours.

— Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr

“There are two rules for sucess: 1. Never tell everything you know.”

— Roger H. Lincoln

Do you know because I tell you so, or do you know, do you know.

— Gertrude Stein

As any artist can tell you, it is easier to reach perfection than to stop there.

— Robert Breault

Any artist will tell you he's really only interested in the stuff he's doing now. He will, always. It's true, and it should be…

— David Hockney

I've listened to 'Frank' so many times. She was so honest and herself. I think one of the hardest things for an artist to…

— Jorja Smith

I'm not an artist. I tell inappropriate stories and jokes and I try to make people laugh.

— Kathy Griffin

And the part about being a professional artist is that you can tell, and you can do it over again, even if you can't…

— Bruce Nauman

The artist has a duty to be calm. He has no right to show his emotion, his involvement, to go pouring it all out…

— Andrei Tarkovsky

Silent films weren't so different from my comics - the basic choice both offer an artist is what do you show and what do…

— Emil Ferris

I am the type of artist where you can't tell me anything. I have always been that way. I am right. I don't need…

— Gary Clark, Jr

I always wanted to have a young female artist that would tell me the truth about life and not only talk about the good…

— Beatrice Miller

The cruelest thing you can do to an artist is tell them their work is flawless when it isn't

— Yahtzee Croshaw

Everyone is here on earth as an artist; to tell his particular story or sing her irreplaceable song; to leave a unique creative signature.

— Leonard Wolf

Any artist will tell you that when they get negative criticism of their work, it's personally hurtful to them.

— Peter Clewes