Artist Quotes · Page 265

“You can survive without artistry, but you cannot live without artistry.”

— Amit Kalantri

Sometimes when I walk into a gallery and I see someone's work, I think to myself, 'Gee, I wish I had done…

— Richard Prince

The Art Snob will stand back from a picture at some distance, his head cocked slightly to one side

— Russell Lynes

I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc.

— Jackson Pollock

I don't believe there's a man in Milton who knows how to sit still; and it is a great art.

— Elizabeth Gaskell

... artists were intended to be an ornament to society. As a society in themselves they are unthinkable.

— Elizabeth Bowen

To serve grand ideas with a major work is not bad, nor is it all there's to art.

— Vaclav Havel

I believe artists deserve all the help they can get, so they can focus on being great artists.

— Janina Gavankar

My life as a painter influences my teaching and my duties as president of CCA - and I hope some of the…

— Stephen Beal

As an artist, I didn't think I was gonna get an Oscar. I've never said this, but I've never looked at it…

— O'Shea Jackson, Jr

Of course you will say that I ought to be practical and ought to try and paint the way they want me…

— Rembrandt

People think it's suspect and self-indulgent to make art, and I don't think that's true. Some people think you should be busy…

— Dana Spiotta

You have to have really thick skin. Art is obviously there to be criticized and there to be taken in different ways.…

— Bel Powley

Bruegel has these paintings of people just... interacting with each other. And there's this special wink - it's not a celebration of…

— Carey Mercer

Whenever I become discouraged (which is on alternate Tuesdays, between three and four) I lift my spirits by remembering: The artists are…

— Howard Zinn

In any case, once you're dealing on a nonverbal level, ambiguity is unavoidable. But it's the ambiguity of all art, of a…

— Stanley Kubrick

I believe that the artist doesn't know what he does. I attach even more importance to the spectator than to the artist.

— Marcel Duchamp

“The universe has been painting its creations with many of the same brushes.” “Do”

— Nathan Van Coops

I have realised that my worst day as an artist is still better than my best day as a lawyer.

— Nathan Sawaya

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

— Robert Schumann

I don't really like the term 'artist.' I'm not sure what it means. It's a bit like 'love.'

— David Bailey

[Phil Wood] was a great artist, and he knew things. He could be mildly conversant in several languages.

— Jon Gordon

I think they want to keep it separate, but I've never been a crossover artist for some reason.

— Reba McEntire

Art is not so much talent as character… it's what you are, the qualities of the person.

— John Olsen

I love to dwell on the thought that the artist is next in divinity to the saint. He, like the saint, performs…

— Stanley Spencer

Mazur was a remarkable artist. During our time in Rome we became friends. I would often perform my works for him at…

— Michael Hersch

If an artist I liked disowned songs that meant a lot to me, I would be pretty hurt by that.

— Porter Robinson

Sculpture and seams are like boxers and broken noses: They go hand in hand.

— Charles Ray

“He believed that any work an artist puts forth which contains the truth as he or she sees it is worthy of…

— Tiffanie DeBartolo

After 20 years of painting wildlife subjects in acrylic, I felt the need for a change and began to explore portraiture and…

— Ron Parker

The big labels have less of a stranglehold on artists and how they record and where they go.

— Kim Wilde

What I always look for in just about any band or artists I sign is their songs.

— Seymour Stein

I want to get out as much art as I can while I'm here, and I seem to get better the more…

— Joey Jordison

I don't believe anyone really likes paint, unless he's tempted to eat it.

— Harold Town

Artists aren't looking for you to write them something; they're looking for you to give them something new.

— Ester Dean

I have not intended to denigrate or hurt the beliefs of anyone through my art.

— M. F. Husain

“My conscience, Sensei, tells me I cannot remain forever an artist of the floating world.”

— Kazuo Ishiguro

If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso.

— Juliet Stevenson

Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.

— Walter Isaacson

No art can develop until it penetrates deeply into the life of the people.

— Meridel Le Sueur