--- title: "18 Artist Didn Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 18 Artist Didn quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Artist Didn sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/junot-diaz-531_art_i-can-t-imagine-anybody-who-ends-up-bein_456403.jpg" --- > [I can't imagine anybody who ends up being an artist who didn't pass through a time of geekiness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/i-can-t-imagine-anybody-who-ends-up-being-an-artist-who-didn-t-pass/) [Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/62d/junot-diaz-531_art_i-can-t-imagine-anybody-who-ends-up-bein_456403.jpg) > [Wasn't the whole point of being an artist, or at least part of it, that you didn't have to wear a tie?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/meg-wolitzer/wasn-t-the-whole-point-of-being-an-artist-or-at-least-part-of-it-that/) [Meg Wolitzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/meg-wolitzer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ab/meg-wolitzer-2224_art_wasn-t-the-whole-point-of-being-an-artis_1793783.jpg) > [I always wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know how someone could make a life out it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julie-mehretu/i-always-wanted-to-be-an-artist-but-i-didn-t-really-know-how-someone/) [Julie Mehretu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julie-mehretu/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4f0/julie-mehretu-37081_art_i-always-wanted-to-be-an-artist-but-i-di_2176224.jpg) > [I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-berry/i-grew-up-thinking-art-was-pictures-until-i-got-into-music-and-found/) [Chuck Berry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-berry/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c3/chuck-berry-4519_art_i-grew-up-thinking-art-was-pictures-unti_2575387.jpg) > [I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-prelutsky/i-always-knew-would-be-some-sort-of-artist-but-didn-t-know-what/) [Jack Prelutsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-prelutsky/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f62/jack-prelutsky-18522_art_i-always-knew-would-be-some-sort-of-arti_477605.jpg) > [There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wyclef-jean/there-s-not-a-hip-hop-artist-that-didn-t-snatch-of-piece-of-bob/) [Wyclef Jean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wyclef-jean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/948/wyclef-jean-4734_art_there-s-not-a-hip-hop-artist-that-didn-t_207599.png) > [David is purely a conceptual artist. He didn't play any instruments or paint or anything. We were painters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-weymouth/david-is-purely-a-conceptual-artist-he-didn-t-play-any-instruments-or/) [Tina Weymouth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-weymouth/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/218/tina-weymouth-16708_any_david-is-purely-a-conceptual-artist-he-d_2162930.png) > [As an artist, I didn't think I was gonna get an Oscar. I've never said this, but I've never looked at it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-shea-jackson-jr/as-an-artist-i-didn-t-think-i-was-gonna-get-an-oscar-i-ve-never-said/) [O'Shea Jackson, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/o-shea-jackson-jr/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/o-shea-jackson-jr-63865_actors_as-an-artist-i-didn-t-think-i-was-gonna_1675205.jpg) > [“Jobs was a strong-willed, elitist artist who didn't want his creations mutated inauspiciously by unworthy programmers. To him it would be as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-isaacson/jobs-was-a-strong-willed-elitist-artist-who-didn-t-want-his-creations/) [Walter Isaacson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-isaacson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/walter-isaacson-384_art_jobs-was-a-strong-willed-elitist-artist_2705642.png) > [I just wanted to be an artist. I didn't care how or what; I just wanted to express my artistic integrity, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-ora/i-just-wanted-to-be-an-artist-i-didn-t-care-how-or-what-i-just-wanted/) [Rita Ora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rita-ora/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/922/rita-ora-1777_art_i-just-wanted-to-be-an-artist-i-didn-t-c_2024277.jpg) > [“She looked down and saw hundreds of fragments of her face reflected back, a sliver of cheek, of throat, of eye. Who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/coco-mellors/she-looked-down-and-saw-hundreds-of-fragments-of-her-face-reflected/) [Coco Mellors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/coco-mellors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d44/coco-mellors-98607_art_she-looked-down-and-saw-hundreds-of-frag_3102873.jpg) > [It was never my goal to capitalize on punk. I could never make it as a commercial artist. I didn't back then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/it-was-never-my-goal-to-capitalize-on-punk-i-could-never-make-it-as-a/) [Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b69/raymond-pettibon-16796_art_it-was-never-my-goal-to-capitalize-on-pu_2673524.jpg) > [As a child I prayed that my calling be revealed - but not with expectation and not with a destination. I became…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/as-a-child-i-prayed-that-my-calling-be-revealed-but-not-with/) [Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/kiki-smith-10643_art_as-a-child-i-prayed-that-my-calling-be-r_1921743.jpg) > [I didn’t see any difference between being a photographer or being an artist. I didn’t make those boundaries. If someone wants to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-lachapelle/i-didn-t-see-any-difference-between-being-a-photographer-or-being-an/) [David LaChapelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-lachapelle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/457/david-lachapelle-8697_art_i-didn-t-see-any-difference-between-bein_2742578.jpg) > [It seemed like a very small possibility for me to become an artist. I didn't have the need to be on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aurora/it-seemed-like-a-very-small-possibility-for-me-to-become-an-artist-i/) [Aurora](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aurora/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/aurora-30285_art_it-seemed-like-a-very-small-possibility_320192.jpg) > [“He ground his teeth together, the torture of it almost more than he could bear. The urge to pull her to him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kinley-macgregor/he-ground-his-teeth-together-the-torture-of-it-almost-more-than-he/) [Kinley MacGregor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kinley-macgregor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/161/kinley-macgregor-1795_every-step_he-ground-his-teeth-together-the-torture_2979319.jpg) > [This image of wanting to be an artist - that I would in some way become an artist -was very strong. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jasper-johns/this-image-of-wanting-to-be-an-artist-that-i-would-in-some-way-become/) [Jasper Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jasper-johns/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/623/jasper-johns-8447_any_this-image-of-wanting-to-be-an-artist-th_2236165.jpg) > [There's a system in place in Nashville, and for a long time, I was trapped in this idea that the only way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sam-hunt/there-s-a-system-in-place-in-nashville-and-for-a-long-time-i-was/) [Sam Hunt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sam-hunt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53d/sam-hunt-3215_artist_there-s-a-system-in-place-in-nashville-a_2403642.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist-didn/#itemlist", "name": "Artist Didn Quotes", "numberOfItems": 18, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I can't 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I've never said this, but I've never looked at it like, \"We're gonna win Best Supporting Actor.\"", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "O'Shea Jackson, Jr" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/o-shea-jackson-jr/as-an-artist-i-didn-t-think-i-was-gonna-get-an-oscar-i-ve-never-said/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/o-shea-jackson-jr-63865_actors_as-an-artist-i-didn-t-think-i-was-gonna_1675205.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/o-shea-jackson-jr-63865_actors_as-an-artist-i-didn-t-think-i-was-gonna_1675205.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/o-shea-jackson-jr-63865_actors_as-an-artist-i-didn-t-think-i-was-gonna_1675205.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“As an artist, I didn't think I was gonna get an Oscar. 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To him it would be as if someone off the street added some brush strokes to a Picasso painting or changed the lyrics to a Dylan song.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Walter Isaacson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-isaacson/jobs-was-a-strong-willed-elitist-artist-who-didn-t-want-his-creations/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/walter-isaacson-384_art_jobs-was-a-strong-willed-elitist-artist_2705642.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/walter-isaacson-384_art_jobs-was-a-strong-willed-elitist-artist_2705642.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f43/walter-isaacson-384_art_jobs-was-a-strong-willed-elitist-artist_2705642.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Jobs was a strong-willed, elitist artist who didn't want his creations mutated inauspiciously by unworthy…” — Walter Isaacson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 10, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I just wanted to be an artist. I didn't care how or what; I just wanted to express my artistic integrity, and I wanted the world to have a vision of what I was seeing in my mind.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Rita Ora" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rita-ora/i-just-wanted-to-be-an-artist-i-didn-t-care-how-or-what-i-just-wanted/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/922/rita-ora-1777_art_i-just-wanted-to-be-an-artist-i-didn-t-c_2024277.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/922/rita-ora-1777_art_i-just-wanted-to-be-an-artist-i-didn-t-c_2024277.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/922/rita-ora-1777_art_i-just-wanted-to-be-an-artist-i-didn-t-c_2024277.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I just wanted to be an artist. 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