The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find…

“The artist's job is not to succumb to despair, but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existance”

— Woody Allen

Many succumb to despair and fail without realizing that they already possess all the tools needed to acquire great wealth.

— Og Mandino

“My job as a poet, is not to succumb to despair but to find in words, an antidote for the emptiness of existence.”

— Michelle Geaney

An artist's job is to surprise himself. Use all means possible.

— Robert Henri

The artist’s job, I think, is to be a conduit for mystery.

— George Saunders

Peter used to say that an artist’s job is to make order out of chaos. You collect details, look for a pattern, and organize.…

— Chuck Palahniuk

As an artist, you have the job of working out whatever is given you to work out.

— Robert Hass

Our society and media have lost touch with the job of the artist. The job of the artist has been subordinated to the job…

— Terence Trent D'Arby

I think the artist's job throughout history has been to tell - to say things that people are inspired by.

— Russell Simmons

It’s an artist’s job to show people the world they live in. We hold up mirrors.

— Neil Gaiman

The artist's job, I think, is to be a conduit for mystery. To intuit it, and recognize that the story-germ has some inherent mystery…

— George Saunders

When I'm in a session with an artist, my job is to help execute their vision - so it's whatever story they're telling, and…

— Justin Tranter

Being an artist is a job for life.

— Brian Eno

“An artist's job is to make new clichés.”

— Grayson Perry

As a successful artist it is my job to give the indie scene as much of a push as I can.

— Badshah