“Every parent is an artist, but not every artist is apparent.” — Eric Micha'el Leventhal Copy Share Image
The artist who chooses the difficult muse; or only has a difficult muse; should not be surprised with the results. — Oliver $ Copy Share Image
Abstraction and representation are supposed to be going down two very different paths, one sociological and the other aesthetic. — Kerry James Marshall Copy Share Image
I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can… — Sam Taylor-Wood Copy Share Image
You really can't pigeon hole yourself into one particular artistic area any more; the days of one vocation in the arts have… — Adrian Dunbar Copy Share Image
“The morality of art consists, for everyone, in the side that flatters its own interests. People do not like literature.” — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist. — Pam Grier Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as making art. I do what I do because I want to, because painting is the best… — Robert Rauschenberg Copy Share Image
It would be a terrible world if everyone was an artist. Nothing would get done! — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
I would love to say there was some contemporary artist who's work really got me thinking, but lately I have just been… — Cory Arcangel Copy Share Image
I learned to draw everything except glamorous women. No matter how much I tried to make them look sexy, they always ended… — Norman Rockwell Copy Share Image
An artist is somebody that puts themselves in a room, they're a wee bit self-indulgent and you know, sink into their music… — Johnny Reid Copy Share Image
Breughel is an example of an artist - I mean, this is true about artists and painters in general, but he is… — Teju Cole Copy Share Image
“I love museums more than any other institution the human race has invented. Museum people are always overworked and underpaid, and they… — Robert T. Bakker Copy Share Image
I think I tend to destroy the better paintings, or those that have been better to a certain extent. I try and… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Ask the proficient athlete, artist, businessperson, or homemaker what creates excellence and they'll all agree: a commitment to long-term goals - and… — Michael Horton Copy Share Image
When we can't determine what is art - when you get to that point where we're not sure, that's the greatest likelihood… — Richard Phillips Copy Share Image
Color is the essence of painting, which the subject always killed. — Kazimir Malevich Copy Share Image
I'm not very sympathetic to the tendency to bring art to the people. — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
I don't have anything to say about other people's art and their work. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
![“An artist is somebody that puts themselves in a room, they're a wee bit self-indulgent and you know, sink into their music and it [will] be a very personal experience. An entertainer was somebody that took their God-given talent and shared it with people. And I've always wanted to be an entertainer.” quote by Johnny Reid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/johnny-reid-50625_art_an-artist-is-somebody-that-puts-themselv_804546.jpg)
