Artist Quotes · Page 123

It would nice to live in a world where art can just be art!

— Amanda Palmer

“Artist is not human, but humanity.”

— Raheel Farooq

I have no drawing talent whatsoever. I cannot do it.

— Lizzy Caplan

I have a healthy view of what one can do with art.

— Neil LaBute

I'm hoping to become a recording artist and make albums and go on tour.

— Skylar Laine

Life obliges me to do something, so I paint.

— Rene Magritte

I'm an artist and I get very attached to my own little ditties.

— Anthony Kiedis

A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist.

— Lady Gaga

As in nature, as in art, so in grace; it is rough treatment that gives souls, as well as stones, their luster.

— Thomas Guthrie

The flat sound of my wooden clogs on the cobblestones, deep, hollow and powerful, is the note I seek in my painting.

— Paul Gauguin

Artists are valuable to public discussion: They show the correlation between doing and thinking.

— Olafur Eliasson

Only pain, suffering and passing through the same doubts emerged clearly comes Amazing Creative Works

— Mak_786

I had gone to Europe . . . to reach for a place as a serious artist, but I never doubted that…

— Marian Anderson

When the world becomes a massive mess with nobody at the helm, it's time for artists to make their mark.

— Joni Mitchell

Art is only a means to life, the life more abundant. It merely points the way.

— Henry Miller

I'm a really stoic artist. I'm serious a lot of times. I can joke and play sometimes, but most of the time,…

— LeCrae

Art is so valuable that I think its misuse is really dangerous. When it's used well, when it's telling a story well…

— Asia Kate Dillon

Art can help a town by attracting a certain Bohemian population that adds life to the bars, character to the streets and…

— Evan Davis

Realism and Naturalism rely mostly on the eye of the flesh. Abstract, conceptual and surrealistic art rely mostly on the eye of…

— Alex Grey

I feel I'm the most reallest black artist in England 'cause I give it to you how it is, whether I'm embarrassed…

— Mark Morrison

The first idea, the first art piece I ever did, was when I was four. I cut the seed of a pear…

— Yoko Ono

Our appreciation of folk art will strengthen our identities, our pride in belonging to a community. People trained in the creative use…

— F. Sionil José

“The advantage of having an artistic tradition is that the younger artist could see an organic link between the real life of…

— Kuo Pao Kun

Every single painting is different. I'm always trying to figure out what I'm interested in. Usually when I go through and I…

— Damian Loeb

“Well, then, let’s not just trust the likelihood based on painting.”

— Socrates

Art can never exist without naked beauty displayed.

— William Blake

I believe that true art is universal in its appeal.

— John McCormack

I love all kinds of art. I mean, I love sketching and acting and music.

— Amandla Stenberg

I realized what an artist is and what it is to be an artist.

— Sergei Polunin

I believe all painting and art should be uplifting for the viewer.

— Damien Hirst

Paintings can make you cry and it's just **colored dirt**.

— Chuck Close

I don’t think we can separate art from overall human dignity and hope.

— Adrienne Rich

Art is giving to what you create a soul.

— Rithy Panh

Struggle to sketch the flow that already exists intact in mind.

— Jack Kerouac

“With a starry brush, paint the dusk Venetian blue”

— Owl City

All the drawing lacks is the final touch: To add eyes to the dragon

— Diane Duane

“I don't like to spend money; I like to spend time .”

— Jill Telford

I'm inspired by almost every artist I come across.

— Michelle Chamuel

I'm not just painting for painting's sake. I want to be truthful.

— Sylvester Stallone

“Sometimes life is stranger than art.”

— H.P. Mallory