Artist Quotes · Page 148

The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal.

— Nick Lowe

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

— George Edward Moore

The work of art is a scream of freedom.

— Anonymous

I'm not going to stop painting just to take orders.

— David Hockney

Making art is an act of courage. Do you know who said that?

— Steve Guttenberg

Classical art stands for form; romantic art for content.

— Robin G. Collingwood

I used to think I was going to be a painter.

— Sexyy Red

“An actual artist, living right under her nose.”

— Garth Risk Hallberg

Art postulates communion, and the artist has an imperative need to make others share the joy which he experiences himself.

— Igor Stravinsky

Though I'm a rogue in talking upon Painting & Love I can be serious and honest upon any subject thoroughly pleasing to me.

— Thomas Gainsborough

While I am working I am not conscious of what I am putting on the canvas.

— Pablo Picasso

I am a career artist. A lot of people come by and they fly by night, but I'm gonna prove that I…

— Chamillionaire

Artists can no more speak about their work, than plants can speak about horticulture.

— Jean Cocteau

I really believe that if you practice enough you could paint the 'Mona Lisa' with a two-inch brush.

— Bob Ross

“There is never a perfect time to make art. It's snatched hours between duties, or after the family goes to bed. Get…

— Alex de Campi

We artists have the dignity to tell the truth to the people, unlike politicians.

— Yoko Ono

What I consider to be the barometer for what is a rock artist and what is not, is somebody who has a…

— Ian Astbury

“If creative procrastination, selectively applied, prevented Leonardo from finishing a few commissions—of minor importance when one is struggling with the inner workings…

— Adam M. Grant

“My writing, it’s my way of making sense of everything. My way to feel whole. May I never be complete and may…

— Charlotte Eriksson

The unsatisfied yearning of the artist reaches back to the primordial image in the unconscious which is best fitted to compensate the…

— Carl Jung

I work as an artist, and I think the audience of one, which is the self, and I have to satisfy myself…

— August Wilson

A pick-up artist gave me a good piece of advice: the three most important things in a relationship are honesty, trust and…

— Neil Strauss

The best reason to paint is that there is no reason to paint... I'd like to pretend that I've never seen anything,…

— Keith Haring

I don't want to feel like the cool kid in the crowd who doesn't want to do what the artist's saying. I…

— Machine Gun Kelly

The marathon is an art; the marathoner is an artist.

— Kiyoshi Nakamura

“Life is a canvas to her, and she’s painting it every day.”

— Shireen Ayache

There is no such thing as good painting about nothing.

— Mark Rothko

When an artist stopped being a child, he would stop being an artist.

— Isamu Noguchi

My first influences were superhero artists.

— Scott McCloud

Art is art. Everything else is everything else.

— Ad Reinhardt

The job of the artist is to point at things.

— Miranda July

“What good is it being a painter if you can't paint yourself?”

— Gregory Maguire

That's just me as an artist. I say what needs to be said.

— Amine

I think the idea of art kills creativity.

— Douglas Adams

“The idea becomes a machine that makes art.”

— Sol LeWitt

Great art transcends its culture and touches on that which is eternal.

— Madeleine L'Engle

I'm a writer who just happens to draw

— Matt Groening

All real works of art look as though they were done in joy.

— Robert Henri

For any artist, it is the biggest dream for his work to reach places.

— Devi Sri Prasad

It's a thrill to see the birth of an artist.

— Rene Angelil