Artist Quotes · Page 529

I felt that, in retrospect, there was a time in the late Seventies, after I had a string of hits and successes,…

— Boz Scaggs

With everyone born human, a poet - an artist - is born, who dies young and who is survived by an adult.

— Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

A lot of artists think they want anger. But a real, strong, bitter anger occupies the mind, leaving no room for creativity.

— David Lynch

In effect, painting is the still memory of [the artist's] human motion, and our individual responses to it depend on who we…

— Siri Hustvedt

On radio, you're an artist. On TV, you're a servant.

— Red Barber

The visual world has blown up, the world of writing has blown up; there's so much text online. Anyone and everyone can…

— Laurie Simmons

What's weird about the cinema business is that you have to have a thick skin while remaining vulnerable as an artist. It…

— Rose Byrne

Pointed criticism, if accurate, often gives the artist an inner sense of relief. The criticism that damages is that which disparages, dismisses,…

— William Ernest Henley

Passion is the very fuel of inspiration. Artists, of all people, must be willing to share their passions with the world.

— Carole Katchen

The artist who really loves people loves them so well the way they are he sees no need to disguise their characteristics-he…

— Dawn Powell

Even a true artist does not always produce art.

— Carroll O'Connor

The problem with Yves Saint Laurent was that he was a man who understood his time period better than anyone, but he…

— Pierre Berge

I love to push myself! Stepping outside of my comfort zone is what will make me a better artist.

— Naturi Naughton

Patti [ Scialfa] was an artist and a musician and she was a songwriter. And she was a lot like me in…

— Bruce Springsteen

... unless the actor is able to discourse most eloquently without opening his lips, he lacks the prime essential of a finished artist.

— Julia Marlowe

One of the wonderful things that I've always loved as an art student, what I always loved about comics, was that they…

— Tilda Swinton

I think, basically, I'm an abstract artist. I just think that that's not even an issue. I think everything's abstract.

— Julian Schnabel

When an artist deserts to the side of the angels, it is the most odious of treasons.

— Aldous Huxley

Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all.

— Oscar Wilde

To be an artist, you don't have to compose music or paint or be in the movies or write books. It's just…

— Viggo Mortensen

Malcolm X is a person who has inspired - he has been the muse of several generations of black cultural workers, artists,…

— Manning Marable

Love is the greatest touch-up artist of all.

— Anonymous

I have been very fortunate to be a part of tours with other artists that have exposed me to new places that…

— Sara Bareilles

Acting is a general thing; it's not like being a primary artist like a painter or writer which stands the test of…

— Tom Hollander

I hope that through my work, artists will take some chances, break some rules, and make art that comes from inside of…

— Angela Cartwright