--- title: "8 Artist Making Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 8 Artist Making quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Artist Making sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/david-rakoff-3308_art_the-only-thing-that-makes-one-an-artist_238049.jpg" --- > [The only thing that makes one an artist is making art. And that requires the precise opposite of hanging out; a deeply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rakoff/the-only-thing-that-makes-one-an-artist-is-making-art-and-that/) [David Rakoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rakoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a9d/david-rakoff-3308_art_the-only-thing-that-makes-one-an-artist_238049.jpg) > [I think people don't realize how little of being an artist is making art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitski/i-think-people-don-t-realize-how-little-of-being-an-artist-is-making/) [Mitski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7ee/mitski-6905_art_i-think-people-don-t-realize-how-little_361950.jpg) > [A secondhand wardrobe hand clothes doesn't make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper, melancholic nature, propensity for tears, hating your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rakoff/a-secondhand-wardrobe-hand-clothes-doesn-t-make-one-an-artist-neither/) [David Rakoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rakoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74f/david-rakoff-3308_art_a-secondhand-wardrobe-hand-clothes-doesn_789529.png) > [“...hanging out does not make one an artist. A secondhand wardrobe does not make one an artist. Neither do a hair-trigger temper,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-rakoff/hanging-out-does-not-make-one-an-artist-a-secondhand-wardrobe-does/) [David Rakoff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-rakoff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c8/david-rakoff-3308_art_hanging-out-does-not-make-one-an-artist_1441183.png) > [I love artists making cool music, regardless of the style.So, if a country artist making really cool music came along and asked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-trapanese/i-love-artists-making-cool-music-regardless-of-the-style-so-if-a/) [Joseph Trapanese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-trapanese/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/joseph-trapanese-38613_art_i-love-artists-making-cool-music-regardl_1725999.jpg) > [I feel it's my job as the artist who is making the music to pair it with visuals that I see in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/melanie-martinez/i-feel-it-s-my-job-as-the-artist-who-is-making-the-music-to-pair-it/) [Melanie Martinez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/melanie-martinez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e15/melanie-martinez-2860_art_i-feel-it-s-my-job-as-the-artist-who-is_2062031.jpg) > [I am a serious artist in my own right, in the sense that I've spent my entire life being an artist and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-shrigley/i-am-a-serious-artist-in-my-own-right-in-the-sense-that-i-ve-spent-my/) [David Shrigley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-shrigley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b64/david-shrigley-23041_art_i-am-a-serious-artist-in-my-own-right-in_2099162.jpg) > [I think, as an artist, whether you're making people laugh or cry or be frustrated or excited - the fact that you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elisha-cuthbert/i-think-as-an-artist-whether-you-re-making-people-laugh-or-cry-or-be/) [Elisha Cuthbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elisha-cuthbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/elisha-cuthbert-13710_art_i-think-as-an-artist-whether-you-re-maki_2653319.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist-making/#itemlist", "name": "Artist Making Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The only thing that makes one an artist is making art. 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