Artist Quotes · Page 367

Much of the beauty that arises in art comes from the struggle an artist wages with his limited medium.

— Henri Matisse

I want to be the person whose art is accessible, who someone could look at and say "That's doesn't look so hard,…

— Liz Prince

It's important to tell the artist's story. It's their song! And it's always more fun to write together with the artist!

— Tove Lo

I always say that my artist statement is to not be afraid to talk about the messiness - the unpleasant feelings and…

— Morgan Parker

“A piece of art only succeeds when it's creator...possesses the belief that brings it into being”

— Jessie Burton

I took it upon myself to paint a better picture of rural life and what it is all about.

— Bubba Sparxxx

Art isn't just paint and music, art is breaking glass and the sounds we make without realizing.

— Joey Comeau

I think every artist reaches a place where they want to transcend genre.

— Lecrae

There are so many people who have a training in art history; and if you've spent time looking at old art, you…

— Laura Belem

I'm not mannerist. I don't think I'm interested in mannerism. If I ever use it in a way, or if manner is…

— Julian Schnabel

I always liked doing all sorts of different things. As a kid growing up, I was always drawing and painting - always…

— Rob Zombie

In '89, I got a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. That's when I started to get into group shows.…

— Glenn Ligon

We wanted to meet him, for though we were neither of us naive people we had not wholly lost our belief that…

— Robertson Davies

I always say I write because I have questions, not because I have answers. It's true that you begin the conversation -…

— Jacqueline Woodson

I think the real exciting part about becoming a solo artist is that you get to really decide on what your new…

— Tiffany Hwang

You have to be a little bit cautious when the market gets quite strong because there's a tendency to anoint a genius…

— Larry Gagosian

Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice.

— Paul Robeson

Just as I work with paints, brushes, and canvas, I work with the light, pieces of glass and chemistry.

— Man Ray

Corporately contrived art product replaces inspired intellectual property with ineffectual poperty.

— Vanna Bonta

You must treat a work of art like a great man: stand before it and wait patiently till it deigns to speak.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

As art is a habit with reference to things to be done, so is science a habit in respect to things to…

— William Harvey

“I see art in everything. Your shoes. That car. This coffee cup. It's art if you see it as art.”

— Andy Warhol

An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.

— Patti Smith

Art means nothing if it simply decorates the dinner table of power which holds it hostage.

— Adrienne Rich

It is more important to me to make art that is an honest expression of my life than it is to make…

— John Porcellino

When we signed Taylor Swift, people said, 'You're signing a 15-year-old female country artist? Good luck!'

— Scott Borchetta

Everyone in my family is an artist. Both my parents are painters and my mom's an opera singer. I was never shown…

— Aleksa Palladino

I want to be a work of art, at least in my soul, since I can’t be one in my body.

— Fernando Pessoa

We wouldn't be artists, writers, painters, musicians, if we weren't sensitive.

— Wayne Coyne

I never use nature as a starting point. I never abstract from nature; I never consciously think of nature when I paint.

— Adolph Gottlieb

The architect aspires to build in a city as the artist aspires to exhibit his works in a museum.

— Mario Botta

Like wax that melts & drips down a candle, Art is the melting pot of the human mind.

— Stephanie Bombita Green

I don't know many artists who are happy with themselves all of the time.

— Moby

he cut through the 21st Century Gallery, past the big plastic statues of Pluto and Mickey, animal headed gods of lost America

— Philip Reeve

In my opinion, my business runs better when my family is a part of it, and I get to see my wife…

— Walker Hayes

No performance is worth loss of geniality. 'Tis a cruel price we pay for certain fancy goods called fine arts and philosophy.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

The awakening an artist must be ruthless, not only with herself but with others.

— Steven Pressfield

A living museum must surely see itself as a locus of argument. A breathing art institution is not a lockup but a…

— Andrew O'Hagan

I live in a small world of gouache and brush and pen and ink. I'd like to explore the world of multiples…

— Maira Kalman

If I were not able to separate the art from the artists, I think I would limit myself a great deal, and…

— Jessye Norman