Artist Quotes · Page 324

It's true that there are people who live the idea of being an artist, as opposed to the idea of making art,

— Daniel Alarcon

“It's funny how the beauty of art has so much more to do with he frame than with the artwork itself.”

— Chuck Palahniuk

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

— Pablo Picasso

Bus stops are far more interesting and useful places to have art than in museums,

— Banksy

I will die for the art & what I believe in. The art ain't always gon' be polite.

— Kanye West

“I decide that the craziest, strangest, most unbelievable thing I could ever draw is me doing something right.”

— Lynda Mullaly Hunt

Art is really predicated upon the experiences that you've had in your life. You only have to share what you've consumed.

— Jared Leto

Artists deserve more than a check cut in half eight times by publishers.

— Jack Conte

The books of the great scientists are gathering dust on the shelves of learned libraries. And rightly so. The scientist addresses an…

— Max Delbruck

I drew when I was very, very young. My mom kept stuff I drew when I was 2 and a half years…

— Dan Povenmire

When I was painting portraits and - shall we say? - rather allegorical heads, which is the figurative work which immediately preceded…

— Robert Indiana

The neutrality and clarity of an engineering drawing is a better model for teaching about art than all the uncontrollable drivel about…

— George Grosz

School and things that painters have taught me even keep me from painting as I want to. I decided I was a…

— Georgia O'Keeffe

I'd seen all the great entertainers by the time I was 14 or 15. My mother was artistic. My father was a…

— Lainie Kazan

I only painted when I felt like it and needed money. But it never really became a professional thing, even though the…

— Wolfgang Beltracchi

I'm taking a lot of my favorite artists, different people, my favorite music and marrying that with what I do as a…

— Margaret Cho

People ask about art and commercialism. I think that if someone tries to sell their work at a high price, that is…

— Yayoi Kusama

I like doing things I haven't learnt about yet. I've always been interested in art, and I love doing art.

— Arthur Smith

Every artist, as child of his age, is impelled to express the spirit of his age.

— Wassily Kandinsky

Mys philosophy toward art is true to my time, true to my dream, and true to myself.

— Michael Chow

No piece of art can depict feelings if a piece of reality is not included in it.

— Jean Fautrier

I don't see myself in terms of artifice. I see myself as a real person who chooses to live my life in…

— Lady Gaga

I can paint anything. Leonardo? Of course. But why? You couldn't sell it.

— Wolfgang Beltracchi

Artists have to show us what is not going well within the person and within the society, not try to cover it…

— Nhat Hanh

The artist draws the people. The whole idea is for people to dig themselves, just mingle around meeting different other people. That's…

— Jimi Hendrix

Life is beautiful like a painting. It is us who choose what color to use in order to make it memorable and…

— Aga La Tina

You treat the air as a canvas and the paint is the chords that come through your fingers, out of the keyboard.

— Pharrell Williams

It just comes out of my subconscious. If you asked me to draw you a doodle, I couldn't do it.

— Lois Frankel

Art that I like the most is born out of free association. I try to let my mind open up and see…

— Denison Witmer

Any artist manages his own business along with his manager. Every band should.

— Art Alexakis

I'm calling the Cube, it's a piece of art. At the same time, it's an intellectual task as well.

— Erno Rubik

I am a black British female artist, so I must be like Ms Dynamite, I must be like Shystie, I must be…

— Estelle

Every artist is supposed to get emotional. You're painting pictures of emotions.

— Wale

As my uncle always says, 'If your vibe outweighs your substance, you're destined to be a novelty.' I think that is true…

— Mat Kearney

An artist is completely amoral in that he will rob, beg, borrow, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work…

— William Faulkner

“Poor presentation can make great art look terrible. Good presentation can make terrible art look great.”

— Gary W. Freeman

The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic.

— Oscar Wilde

I think a lot of artists no longer want to participate in or be associated with narrative because of its corruptedness in…

— Rachel Cusk

Art offers sanctuary to everyone willing to open their Hearts as well as their Eyes.

— Nikki Giovanni

I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates.

— Robert Mapplethorpe