Artist Quotes · Page 41

I cannot exist as a solo artist.

— Courtney Love

Art lies because it's social.

— Fernando Pessoa

I hate art auctions.

— Jerry Saltz

I try to conceal art with art.

— Jean-Philippe Rameau

“Every painting tells a story.”

— Adrienne Posey

The confident artist is a fool.

— Giorgio Armani

I can't draw right or left-handed!

— Joey Heatherton

I want to be a pan-India artist.

— Shruti Haasan

“An artist must either give up art or develop.”

— Pauline Kael

I must be the only artist whose image was hated by everybody.

— Gilbert O'Sullivan

Entertainment is in art like color in pictures.

— Martin Kippenberger

Art is subject to arbitrary fashion.

— Kary Mullis

I am an Indian and a painter, that's all.

— M. F. Husain

“It is the purpose of art to heighten the mystery”

— David William Richards

As an artist, I want to interpret my feelings

— Ralph Bakshi

The artistic life is a long, lovely suicide.

— Oscar Wilde

“Like the famous lady in the frame (Mona Lisa), to many we remain a mystery”

— Kris Jenner

Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity.

— Quentin Blake

The ancestors of printed comics drew, painted and carved their time-paths from beginning to end, without interruption, ... the infinite canvas.

— Scott McCloud

I want to be a real artist to consumers. I want to be the real thing for them.

— Aaron Carter

If you're asking me have I purchased a CD, a DVD or downloaded a current artist? The answer is no.

— John Seagall

“Art is subjective and art as a form of entertainment escapism is as high art as any.”

— Miranda Hart

Whenever I was presented with hardships - trauma, pain, heartbreak, confusion - I, like so many creatives, turned to my art as…

— Raye

It doesn't matter the genre or type of art, if it's authentic there's an apparent beauty to it and as an artist,…

— Brian McKnight

I like to bring a certain sense of humanity and detail to my work, and watercolor allows me to do that. I…

— Jerry Pinkney

I first of all have a problem with the term 'avant-garde'. Because it is a military term, it means the guard that…

— Blixa Bargeld

A lot of me figuring out how to love myself more involves finding the things that I'm ashamed of and looking them…

— Arca

I feel like when you're an artist and you first come out - people don't want you to be as creative as…

— Kid Ink

Not everything you do is going to be a masterpiece, but you get art there and you try and sometimes it really…

— Maya Angelou

I think part of being an artist is having the ability to define your own responsibilities. I certainly wouldn't prescribe any. As…

— Pierre Coupey

The one thing I learned is not to say anything about my own paintings. Keep my mouth shut. You'll never stop hearing…

— Frank Stella

“As I see it, Christians should make good art, that shows forth truth & beauty for all, or make art that is…

— Dustin Kensrue

“I chose Van Gogh.”

— Cheryl Strayed

I have a BFA in illustration.

— Mike Shinoda

I, in the end, make art for myself.

— Anish Kapoor

I paint the walls with his blood.

— DMX

We're not cameras, we're artists.

— Frank Bruno

I paint in order not to cry.

— Paul Klee

“Art is a lie that tells the truth”

— Jean-Claude Ellena

Art is a protest against death.

— Audrey Flack