A painter knows how to paint, but an artist knows when to…

It does take a long time and a lot of paint to become our own artist.

— Kate Jackson

There does not exist a painter who knows himself or knows what he is doing.

— Marcel Duchamp

Anyone who tries to make a living as a painter knows you can't lounge about waiting for inspiration to hit; nothing motivates like keeping…

— Nita Engle

“Painters must want to paint above all else. If the artist in front of the canvas begins to wonder how much he will sell…

— Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

How would you paint me? If you were a artist how would you paint me? With deep solid strokes or your brush sweeping softly?…

— Christy Ann Martine

A painter knows what to do by the tug of the brush as it pulls through a mixture of oils, and by the look…

— James Elkins

Because Ivy [Wilkes] is just starting out as an artist, I wanted to focus on [Georgia] O'Keeffe's experiences when she was just starting out.…

— Liza Campbell

The superior artist is the one who knows how to be influenced.

— Clement Greenberg

The artist knows he must be alone to create; the writer, to work out his thoughts; the musician, to compose; the saint, to pray.…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I don't think of myself as just a pop artist, but someone who knows she has a bigger meaning. I'm not doing this for…

— Robyn

The ideal artist is he who knows everything, feels everything, experiences everything, and retains his experience in a spirit of wonder and feeds upon…

— George Bellows

No artist knows everything... but since every artist knows more than he can tell, all art is lying by omission.

— Glen Duncan

A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished…

— W. H. Auden

The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing.

— Herbert Read

I know what I want, and I know what needs to be done to make my performance better. So I do these little askings,…

— Anna Netrebko