Artist Quotes · Page 489

If the affairs of the world were put in the hands of the screwball artists, it couldn’t be in a worse state…

— Man Ray

“Rome seems a comfort to those with the ambitious soul of an Artist or a Conqueror.”

— Pietros Maneos

Veteran art creates a meeting place between veterans and civilians, or simply between veterans with different experiences.

— Phil Klay

If the real world is orange juice, then art is like orange-juice concentrate.

— Martin Mull

I'm never finished with my paintings; the further I get, the more I seek the impossible and the more powerless I feel.

— Claude Monet

I think art was the one thing my high school didn't give. And I think that was probably one reason why I…

— Roy Lichtenstein

A king or a prince becomes by accident a part of history. A poet or an artist becomes by nature and necessity…

— Anna Brownell Jameson

“Dance to inspire, dance to freedom, life is about experiences so dance and let yourself become free.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

The function of the artist is to disturb. His duty is to arouse the sleeper, to shake the complacent pillars of the…

— Norman Bethune

I have always suspected that too much knowledge is a dangerous thing. It is a boon to people who don't have deep…

— Margaret Caroline Anderson

The last few decades have belonged to a certain kind of person with a certain kind of mind-computer programmers who could crank…

— Daniel H. Pink

“...TV and popular film and most kinds of 'low' art-- which just means art whose primary aim is to make money-- is…

— David Foster Wallace

That's the reason support for the National Endowment of the Arts is so important. It enables those ventures that aren't viable commercially…

— David Selby

The principle factor in my success has been an absolute desire to draw constantly. I never decided to be an artist. Simply,…

— Winsor McCay

The nervous system of any age or nation is its creative workers, its artists. And if that nervous system is profoundly disturbed…

— Tennessee Williams

I would begin by collecting lithographs and etchings. It's a way of coming in and benefiting from real quality art. Even younger…

— Arne Glimcher

I think it's much richer and much more fun to be an artist than to be anything else. I can't think of…

— Edward Herrmann

When I hear artists or authors making fun of businessmen, I think of a regiment in which the band makes fun of…

— H. L. Mencken

Becoming a great preacher, like becoming a great artist, requires a life commitment.

— Calvin Miller

Like a bathroom singer, I am a closet artist, but you need time to paint.

— Sushmita Sen

I think that it's much easier for a recording artist to become an actor than for an actor to become a recording…

— Zachary Levi

This kind of art - the dystopic future kind of art - is designed to make you uncomfortable.

— Laeta Kalogridis

Security and care of the objects is paramount. Arty composition comes after everything is safe from greasy fingers, humidity or excess light.

— Grayson Perry

Never give an artist like me carte blanche: he would think it's simply toilet paper.

— Maurizio Cattelan

I believe in the power of great art to transcend geographical boundaries, political differences and even the restrictions of time.

— Armand Hammer

Censorship constrains art and limits its impact as much as it does with all free thought.

— Lucien Bourjeily

I don’t create art to get high dollar projects, I do high dollar projects so I can create more art.

— Chase Jarvis

Ideally, each piece of art's its own unique object, and its evaluation's always present-tense.

— David Foster Wallace

To pay attention to flattery or criticism is a waste of time for artists.

— John McLaughlin

I like the idea of the artist going out in the world, creating a dialogue.

— James De La Vega

An artist's work is a synthesis of much more than the work of other creators.

— Phoebe Gloeckner

When people say 'overnight success' I say 'oooo that was a long night...'

— Milana May

Failure would only be if you had somewhere stopped growing. As far as I can see the whole duty of the artist…

— May Sarton

If art were to redeem man, it could do so only by saving him from the seriousness of life and restoring him…

— John Lennon

Really, I do not know whether my paintings are surrealist or not, but I do know that they are the frankest expression…

— Frida Kahlo

That's what you want art to do, to open people up and start conversations.

— Adepero Oduye

“Unveil the shade of your soul through the paint brush of your life. Let the colors run true, let the canvas be…

— Shady Grace

“When art is not only a matter of inspiring colors and techniques but a permanent questioning of life.”

— Latino Professional Network

I was so fortunate to sing and work with so many amazing performers and artists.

— Rayvon Owen

I think art teaches us how to feel, what our parameters can be, what sensations can be like; it makes you more…

— Jeff Koons