Artist Quotes · Page 279

Many of the artists are not pretending to have an objective point of view. They're revealing the subjectivity.

— Massimiliano Gioni

My art has nothing to do with servicing collectors, it's for living, for turning on with.

— David Lee

I believe that the arts make indispensable contributions to our understanding.

— Philip Kitcher

In 20 years I had sold more records for RCA than any artist except Elvis Presley.

— Charley Pride

A country that has few museums is both materially poor and spiritually poor...Museums, like theaters and libraries, are a means to freedom.

— Wendy Beckett

Everything about art has become problematic; its inner life, its relation to society, even its right to exist.

— Theodor Adorno

All this angst, all this stuff we all feel, is just tied to making art. It's so ancient.

— Paul Beatty

“Any work aspiring to be art however humble should carry its justification in every line.”

— Joseph Conrad

One has to seek Beauty and Truth, Sir! As I always say to my pupils, you have to work to the finish.…

— William-Adolphe Bouguereau

Representational painters: loosen the grip of inflexibility! Abstract painters: tighten your hold on crafting your images! In both types of painting students…

— Joshua L. Goldberg

As I developed as an artist and studied art history, I noticed that all the great works were dealing with the human…

— Eric Drooker

A culture is as rich and as capable of surviving as it has imaginative artists, skilled men of science, a high ethic…

— L. Ron Hubbard

“There are two gifts which every man of images needs to be a true creator: a certain sensitivity to life, to living…

— Brassaï

I barely knew I wanted to be an artist. I liked my art classes and painting was fun, I guess, but I…

— Edward Ruscha

Why is it every other person you meet says they're an artist? A real artist doesn't need to gas on about it,…

— Paula McLain

Going to college is an amazing opportunity to not only learn and be book-smart but also to kind of stretch your wings…

— Lindsey Stirling

All the arts in America are a gigantic racket run by unscrupulous men for unhealthy women.

— Thomas Beecham

Over the years, I grew up as a person and made mistakes and had a great time and had a baby, kind…

— Tiffany Darwish

I think all any artist or person wants to do is grow spiritually, emotionally, professionally and mentally.

— Jill Scott

Then as I turned seven, I gradually moved onto pastels and started painting on large canvases that were much bigger than me.

— Akiane Kramarik

“The artist is only a vehicle for already has been. Nothing can really be given a presence unless it already exists potentially.”

— Louis Kahn

In the paintings I was always interested in taking elements of space and the reality that we know and dissolving it into…

— Francesca DiMattio

I love natural beauty, and I think it's your best look, but I think makeup as an artist is so transformative.

— Marina and the Diamonds

I respect the Grammys, being a writer. But me being an artist representing hip hop? No.

— Rick Ross

“clothes displayed an artist’s infinite attention to details. He wished, as he descended the steps, that this were a”

— Ayn Rand

An artist must learn to be nourished by his passions and by his despairs.

— Francis Bacon

Pure drawing is an abstraction. Drawing and colour are not distinct, everything in nature is coloured.

— Paul Cezanne

I've been approached by major labels every single year of my existence as an artist. Since 1996.

— El-P

You're lacking a human dimension of some sort if you're not interested in the arts.

— Philip Pullman

The one thing about art is you can't question it. Everyone is looking at everyone else to find out what's cool. No…

— Zoe Kravitz

There's no being wrong in seeing something in art, only being disagreed with.

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Art is supposed to punch you in the brain, and it's supposed to stay punched.

— Marc Maron

I'm still working on my career, still trying to learn from other artistes and develop my skills and my style.

— Sean Paul

I truly believe that art can be an agent of change and has been, throughout history, a tool to enlighten the individual…

— Lucien Bourjeily

If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?

— Ai Weiwei

Eschew the monumental. Shun the Epic. All the guys who can paint great big pictures can paint great small ones.

— Ernest Hemingway

I believed in myself, and I've always worked very, very hard as an artist, and I am an artist in every sense…

— Erykah Badu

If modern art has produced symbols that are unfamiliar, that was only to be expected.

— Herbert Read

Look upon paintings with eyes of mystery rather than judgement. Support the need to enter into the sacred space beyond evaluation.

— Michele Cassou

Painting is the supreme form of expression; you don't need to 'read' painting.

— Peter Greenaway