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title: "3 Artist Matter Quotes by 3 authors"
description: "Browse 3 Artist Matter quotes by 3 authors. Discover the best Artist Matter sayings and thoughts."
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> [Don't give up. It's really important to trust your impulses as an artist no matter what anybody else says.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-chicago/don-t-give-up-it-s-really-important-to-trust-your-impulses-as-an/)

[Judy Chicago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-chicago/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e0a/judy-chicago-22061_art_don-t-give-up-it-s-really-important-to-t_1660406.jpg)

> [To be an artist is not a matter of making paintings or objects at all. What we are really dealing with is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-irwin/to-be-an-artist-is-not-a-matter-of-making-paintings-or-objects-at-all/)

[Robert Irwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-irwin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b6/robert-irwin-27231_art_to-be-an-artist-is-not-a-matter-of-makin_2597410.jpg)

> [At the core, every artist, no matter what his subject matter happens to be, has to be someone doing the looking. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kehinde-wiley/at-the-core-every-artist-no-matter-what-his-subject-matter-happens-to/)

[Kehinde Wiley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kehinde-wiley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e59/kehinde-wiley-1194_art_at-the-core-every-artist-no-matter-what_3073653.jpg)

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