Artist Quotes · Page 54

Last time I checked, there were no Americans at all in Renaissance art.

— Camille Paglia

It takes time to learn to draw. It takes years, not a few weeks.

— Gilberto Hernandez Guerrero

If it is art, it is not for all, and if it is for all, it is not art.

— Arnold Schoenberg

“Art can help us reclaim a sense of wonder in our lives.”

— Ivan Fernandez

There's nothing like drawing a thing to make you really see it.

— Margaret Atwood

I believe art is a connection, like passing on a flame.

— Wangechi Mutu

Art imitates Nature in this; not to dare is to dwindle.

— John Updike

“Art can only progress towards its own self-annihilation.”

— Richard Appignanesi

The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance.

— Linda Ronstadt

As any artist can tell you, it is easier to reach perfection than to stop there.

— Robert Breault

“Purpose and passion - purpose is what will guide you to your best self and the passion will keep you there.”

— Nikki Rowe

I am really fond of drawing, painting mehendi, so I would draw mehendi on a groom's hand and earn money.

— Mrunal Thakur

I refuse the title of artist to those who owe their reputations to a physical deformity. I regard them as buffoons.

— Sarah Bernhardt

Each of us is an artist of our days; the greater our integrity and awareness, the more original and creative our time…

— John O'Donohue

For the essential thing about the work of art is that it is work, and very hard work too.

— Joyce Cary

Do cave paintings mean anything? Not really, but I, for one, am happy to have them.

— Trevor Paglen

Like everything genuine, its inner life guarantees its truth. All works of art created by truthful minds without regard for the work's…

— Franz Marc

As an artist, there's a sweet, jump-starting quality to [marijuana] for me. I've often felt telepathic and receptive to inexplicable messages my…

— Alanis Morissette

Just black executives have a bias against older artists. We don't respect our elders. That's not because of white people. That's because…

— KRS-One

“My dove – I’m not good with words, and you know that, but there are a few things you need to have…

— Evelyn Deshane

Fame was never something I was seeking in my artistic journey. It's to be used as a tool for an artist to…

— Philippe Petit

An artist requires the upkeep of creative solitude. An artist requires the healing of time alone. Without this period of recharging, our…

— Julia Cameron

The advice I have for new artists is this - write great songs and play them live as often as possible. Get…

— Ben Harper

“The good painter has to paint two principal things, man and the intention of his mind,” he wrote. “The first is easy…

— Walter Isaacson

One does not marry art. One ravishes it.

— Edgar Degas

God is just another artist, like me.

— Salvador Dali

“Life and Art, once entwined, can quickly become inseparable”

— David Bayles Art and Fear Observations on the Perils and Rewards of Artmaking

It's very British to go about to see something unusual and paint it.

— David Hockney

An incomplete sketch superbly executed is power.

— Richard Schmid

I love art, in particular, paintings. I have, well, a lot.

— Domenico Dolce

I don't think any artist really knows why a song gets popular.

— Chick Corea

A car designer is really a sculptor.

— Chris Bangle

“For isn't the artist by nature a revolutionary?”

— Joyce Carol Oates

Painting is like being a lawyer and attacking a corporation.

— John Currin

If you want to work on your art, work on your life.

— Anton Chekhov

I'm a horrible drawer. I have no artistic ability in my hands.

— Katharine McPhee

I listen to everything, I listen to all artists that come along.

— Skitch Henderson

Painters are noted for being dissipated and wild.

— William Blake

I'm a catalogue artist: I compete with Bob Dylan.

— Courtney Love

I like to pretend that my art has nothing to do with me.

— Roy Lichtenstein