Artist Amateur Quotes

Every artist was first an amateur.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.

— Benjamin Disraeli

“Every professional started as a beginner and every artist was once an amateur.”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells.

— Grandma Moses

“Every artist was once an amateur”

— Anonymous

“AN ARTIST IS FIRST AN AMATEUR”

— Henry David Thoreau