Artist Quotes · Page 359

To paint is always to start at the beginning again, yet being unable to avoid the familiar arguments about what you see…

— Philip Guston

Fine art is that in which the hand, the head, and the heart of man go together.

— John Ruskin

The learned understand the reason of art; the unlearned feel the pleasure.

— Quintilian

Success is different for every artist - I get psyched when i help realise their vision etc.

— Matt Squire

Techniques vary, art stays the same; it is a transposition of nature at once forceful and sensitive.

— Claude Monet

“No one ever says, “This piece of creative work is crap, but they made it in a couple of weeks, so let’s…

— Eddie Izzard

“the increase of known truths stimulates the investigation, establishment, and growth of the arts.”

— Carl Sagan

I suggest that the great art belongs to all people, all the time--that indeed it is made for the people, by the…

— Maya Angelou

There was this enormous burst of sculptural creative juice in the nineteenth century, and all that stuff is just so decorative. Even…

— Hugh Hardy

I've got such great people around me. They don't really care if they make me angry. A lot of teams, they're afraid…

— Justin Bieber

I love art dealers. In some ways, they're my favorite people in the art world. Really. I love that they put their…

— Jerry Saltz

Donald Trump is a world-class con artist. He conned all these people that signed up for Trump University. Now he's trying to…

— Marco Rubio

To me, every interview, even if you love the artist, needs to be somewhat adversarial. Which doesn't mean you need to attack…

— Chuck Klosterman

“We will be happy if we can get around to the idea that art is not an outside and extra thing; that…

— Robert Henri

Of course, the process of curating is different from art making. Exhibition-making is a process that involves collaboration with various participating artists.

— Yasumasa Morimura

I would like to see more airplay for all artists, no matter what age. I think there's a lot of money being…

— Willie Nelson

The revolutionary artist does not only focus on the negative aspects of capitalist lives, but also creates visions of a revolutionary future.

— Pablo Picasso

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin,…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

It's harder to be a success, globally, and be artistic. Harder to have that balance than just to be artistic when nobody…

— Andre Benjamin

You have to be a little patient if you're an artist. People don't always get you the first time.

— Kate Millett

Art is like turning corners, one never knows what is around the corner until one has made the turn.

— Milton Avery

Sam Turton is the true embodiment of the responsible artist. The honesty and integrity of the man comes out with every soulful…

— Andrew Craig

I want to put a face to my music, I don't want to be a faceless producer or faceless artist.

— Murda Beatz

“Nothing is new anymore. We're living in a post-everything society and "art" itself has become satire.”

— Ruadhán J. McElroy

An artist has been defined as a neurotic who continually cures himeself with his art

— Lee Simonson

I like to work with the best artists, full stop, around the world, and just make things happen man.

— Dizzee Rascal

The record companies really do conspire against the artists. Especially the black artists

— Michael Jackson

I think performance art comes from a simple place of wanting to express things beyond just sound.

— Amanda Palmer

That's what great art does - it inspires other artists to do great art, and that's what it should do.

— Andrew Stanton

The first song I ever had recorded by another artist was a song called 'Surefire Feeling' by Jake Owen.

— Ryan Hurd

I love contemporary art, although I wouldn't want a pickled shark in my house.

— Bruno Tonioli

“Painting relates to both art and life. Neither can be made. I try to act in that gap between the two. -…

— Robert Rauschenberg

We do live, all of us, on many different levels, and for most artists the world of imagination is more real than…

— Madeleine L'Engle

I really admire the great Japanese artists who could change their name three times in a lifetime. You could get rid of…

— Tony Harrison

The writer concerned more with technique than truth becomes a technician, not an artist.

— Edward Abbey

Kendrick Lamar is the real deal. He's a real artist, and he's gonna be here for awhile because this guy is seriously…

— Dr. Dre

Without freedom, no art; art lives only on the restraints it imposes on itself, and dies of all others.

— Albert Camus

There are forms that can only be seen when you are near a painting, others only appear when you are far away.

— Robert Henri

I would say that all the singles that I have put out are collectively just a small piece of the artist that…

— Thomas Rhett

There is no such thing as being done with an artistic life. Frustrations and rewards exist at all levels on the path.

— Julia Cameron