First be a magnificent artist and then you can do whatever, but the art must be first. — Francisco Goya Copy Share Image
“If you are a real artist, you give your whole being to your art. Anything short of that, then you are not… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
This is what it is the business of the artist to do. Art is theft, art is armed robbery, art is not… — Janet Malcolm Copy Share Image
The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
As an artist, I will always give art more importance and preference than pure entertainment. — Arfi Lamba Copy Share Image
The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries… — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. The critic is he… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
When you look at a work of art, you don't see a cover for something else; you see revelation. If you're an… — Deborah Solomon Copy Share Image
“Anything can be art: painting stairs, raising a child, or organising a trip to the end of the world. It's the way… — Mykyta Isagulov Copy Share Image
The ability to make somebody feel something: that's art. However you look at it, whether you're an author, a painter, a singer,… — Wale Copy Share Image
Life, religion and art all converge in Bali. They have no word in their language for 'artist' or 'art.' Everyone is an… — Anais Nin Copy Share Image
I'm not creating art that starts with politics or starts with ethics. I feel I am a conceptual artist because my art… — Vik Muniz Copy Share Image
One of the things about dealing with an artist is that their art is essentially - if they're successful, it's kind of… — Johnny Colt Copy Share Image
I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of… — Pauline Kael Copy Share Image
“There are no guarantees that if you work hard enough, or are talented enough, that you will be successful, be able to… — Jessica Todd Harper Copy Share Image
Painting expresses the depth and insight, the spiritual quality of the artist. If art is about life, then, while the depth to… — Millard Sheets Copy Share Image
“The artist is the creator of beautiful things. To reveal art and conceal the artist is art's aim. The critic is he… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
I don't think you have to earn your income as an artist to be an artist. But if you are an artist,… — Tony Kushner Copy Share Image
At the dressing table, every woman has a chance to be an artist, and art, as Aristotle said, 'completes what nature left… — Sophia Loren Copy Share Image
My idealism is clearly one reason I'm an artist. I see art as one of mankind's more sublime acts, as a vital… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
I think it's the pain and suffering that drive you to become an artist. The art itself should be the pain, sort… — Marilyn Manson Copy Share Image
The Best of the artist's art, which will one day be in a Museum wall, the Painting that sets the artist apart… — Kelly Miller Copy Share Image
The art of an artist must be his own art. It is... always a continuous chain of little inventions, little technical discoveries… — Emil Nolde Copy Share Image
