Artist Quotes · Page 478

It is not strength, but art, obtains the prize, And to be swift is less than to be wise.

— Homer

Art is one of the means whereby man seeks to redeem a life which is experienced as chaotic, senseless, and largely evil.

— Aldous Huxley

To be an artist of my generation willing to be unhip -artists were supposed to be like cowboys.

— Deborah Kass

If anything, I want to be seen as a singer-songwriter rather than a pop artist.

— Lykke Li

Conceit is to nature what paint is to beauty; it is not only needless, but it impairs what it would improve.

— Alexander Pope

When I lived in New York, I was still ascribing to this idea of being a somewhat tortured artist. I thought that…

— Greta Lee

My being bought as a politically outspoken artist is a more potent advertising tool for Apple than a 100 more explicit ads.

— Anohni

I think that experiencing through art is a wonderful way to expand the horizon and everything around it.

— Nicolas Winding Refn

“Who am I? I am who I say I am and tomorrow someone else entirely. You are too nostalgic, you want memory…

— Janet Fitch

Art is about the context in which it is made as much as the object itself; objects take on different meanings in…

— Matthew Slotover

I always want to keep things unwritten. I'm inspired by Bob Dylan, who's kept evolving and changing his sound. I think that's…

— Lykke Li

Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsbury's is no less effective a business for producing…

— Stephen Bayley

The artist knows he must be alone to create; the writer, to work out his thoughts; the musician, to compose; the saint,…

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Sometimes artists die young, and we don't know exactly why. I think that, in life, you have these special individuals, whether it's…

— Robert Trujillo

This might end up in crying. If you're not prepared to cry about it, I'm not sure you're making art. And if…

— Seth Godin

When the news is slow, or when there's just so many other responsibilities bearing down on me that I don't have the…

— Aaron McGruder

I think we [with Riccardo Tisci] share a sensibility about art - we pull from the ancient future.

— Erykah Badu

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating empathy can we truly grow as people.

— Anonymous

I've always felt like I needed to experience some type of anguish in order to feel productive as an artist.

— Michelle Zauner

If all meanings could be adequately expressed by words, the arts of painting and music would not exist.

— John Dewey

I'm an artist first and foremost. So things are gonna go up and down and sideways and whichever way all through life.

— Lucinda Williams

If someone has given a hit in the industry, and everyone talks about the song and artist, that's a hit.

— Guru Randhawa

“Throw our your mean words, Mr. Freemantle. Art should be a place of hope, not doubt.”

— Stephen King

Sometimes I say, If I had seen some masterpieces, maybe I wouldn't have dared start. I started very - not innocent, but…

— Agnes Varda

I wanted to start a revolution, using art to build the sort of society I myself envisioned.

— Yayoi Kusama

“Art transforms those that witness the creation, into philosophers, enquirers led down a path of mind; of quiet contemplation.”

— Erik S. Lehman

“A great work of art, if it accomplishes anything, serves to remind us, or let us say to set us dreaming, of…

— Henry Miller

Californian artists are kind of willing to push the limits a little bit further just because that's kind of our mentality in…

— Brett Young

I just want to be fully challenged as an artist, so that anyone who looks like me, who relates to me, says,…

— Danielle Brooks

I think the optimal artwork is in constant circulation with the world around itself.

— Aleksandra Mir

Don't be too dismissive of children. While it's true that few children are artists, all artists are children.

— Ned Rorem

Sacred texts give no specific depiction of God, so for centuries, artists and filmmakers have had to choose their own visual depiction.

— Ridley Scott

To me, the process of art is very much a process of translation, of borrowing.

— Julia Holter

Do you want to be an artist and a writer, or a wife and a lover? With kids, your focus changes. I…

— Stevie Nicks

The idea of being a painter, I've always thought, is better than being an artist or a sculptor.

— Damien Hirst

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.

— Oscar Wilde

I don't paint like a woman is supposed to paint. Thank God, art doesn't bother about things like that.

— Alice Neel

To accomplish artistic work, of any individual worth, nature must be seen through the medium of the artist's intellectual emotions.

— Gertrude Kasebier

I was 100 percent sure when I left university that I was going to be a painter.

— Rebecca Miller

Solo artists are generally totally insane. Elton John? Slightly eccentric. George Michael? He's mad as custard.

— Noel Gallagher