Artist Quotes · Page 234

The genius of art finds sanctuary among children and madmen to survive.That is who we are.

— Marilyn Manson

One of the challenges to our nation today is overcoming the notion that art is kind of a nice-to-have, when in reality…

— John Maeda

We communicate through art with symbols that transcend the boundaries of time and culture.

— Richard Clar

I'm an abstract painter not just for myself, but because I really believe in abstraction.

— Brice Marden

“like the scorpion's question mark drawn in the pollen on the canvas of the sky and of our brains at midnight”

— Aimé Césaire

I'm not an exhibitionist. But, honestly, for my art I'll do anything almost. I'll go there.

— Eva Mendes

There is no line between fine art and illustration; there is no high or low art; there is only art, and it…

— James Gurney

I would love to collaborate on a graphic novel with an artist - I'm terrible at drawing but I really love that…

— Matthea Harvey

Musically, it's difficult to believe Jim has only two hands and one set of vocal cords. You would think that there were…

— Jeff Mathews

If you are a cabaret artist and you are mostly singing other people's songs, you're asking them to rethink a song, listen…

— Alan Cumming

When my brother and I were small, somebody pointed out that we looked like something out of 'The Dark Crystal.' I think…

— Zoe Ball

It is not quite accurate to say that the objective of art is to represent what happens to us as a consequence…

— Peter London

“Don't we all discover, at some stage or another that there are some things we'll never get any better at, even though…

— Jean-Christophe Valtat

I now require this of all pictures, that they domesticate me, not that they dazzle me. Pictures must not be too picturesque.…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Sometimes directors come to me when I have to play some horrible thing, scary or hysterical or crying; they ask, 'Did you…

— Kristine Opolais

I'd always wanted to tell people that when I work on my body I'm thinking about classical sculpture, so I jumped at…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

But how is the artist to protect himself against the corruption of the age which besets him on all sides?

— Anonymous

You can only be the great artist for so long - come out with effort after effort that garners all this praise.

— Black Thought

Art must touch our lives, our fears and cares – evoke our dreams and give hope to the darkness.

— Frederick Hart

I hate graffiti. It's not yours - don't draw on it! Is it that hard to comprehend?

— Chad Michael Murray

The truth is that works of art test the spectator much more than the spectator tests them.

— Lawren Harris

I work on a political subject quite often, and the paintings, for me, are not finished until they're printed.

— Erro

I think that's always the goal of art, is to make people ask themselves questions.

— Chance The Rapper

Making art for me is not fun in the sense of la, la, la, la, but it's something that I find very…

— Nell Irvin Painter

It's the ownership of what's off that's the beauty in art. Its not about being exactly perfect.

— Adrian Younge

When you make work, the concept is the basis for it; all choices of aesthetics or mediums come later.

— Doug Aitken

No erotic work of art is filth if it is artistically significant; it is only turned into filth through the beholder if…

— Egon Schiele

If the function of the artist is to see, the first duty of the critic is to understand what the artist saw.

— J. E. H. MacDonald

I would say that most serious artists have a pretty complete idea of what they're going to do before they do it.

— Diego Cortez

Bruno Mars. He is my favourite artist, and I always look forward to see him perform live.

— Guru Randhawa

I don't think that a lot of people understand the difference between therapeutic art and art therapy.

— Karen Pence

You are an artist when you make someone feel something deep and unexpected.

— Amanda Palmer

The rapists of the intellectual world become politicians; the seducers become artists.

— Robert Anton Wilson

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous, you don't want it.

— Duke Ellington

I come from a family of lawyers. I was expected to be a professional of some sort, not an artist. I was…

— Tom Shadyac

The quality of our lives is diminished every time we lose a great artist.

— Steven Van Zandt

Art can be interpreted in various ways and having the freedom to do that is liberating as a creator and a viewer.

— Asim Chaudhry

There's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline.

— Adriana Trigiani

No, painting is not interior decoration. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy.

— Pablo Picasso

One thing I can say about pursuing a career in the arts is, it is an adventure - a beautiful, intimidating, and…

— Kiana Madeira