“You become an artist once you start saying that you are an artist” — Steven Pressfield Copy Share Image
I like messing around, and I like working with artists who I respect. — Shia LaBeouf Copy Share Image
Where in the wide history of the world do we find art created by the excessively wealthy, powerful, or educated? — David Mamet Copy Share Image
The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all. Authority over him and his art… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The technical phase can be boring because there is little opportunity for creavivity, for art. Boredom leads to complacency and mistakes. — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
We have to construct communities of artists because they don't naturally exist in our culture. — David Bayles Copy Share Image
I think the most important thing any artist can do is to constantly push themselves and improve their craft. — Ami Vitale Copy Share Image
In order to create art today, you have to compromise your art somewhat and be a businessman. — Roger Corman Copy Share Image
Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way. — Eli Broad Copy Share Image
There is more fine abstract design in Navajo rugs than in all these modern paintings. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
I think a lot of times, artists and albums can become formulaic. You're known for a certain thing, and you continue to… — Eric Church Copy Share Image
I always talk about if you want to be an artist, you have to be authentic because people can tell bullshit a… — Janina Gavankar Copy Share Image
I think the rap community always tells the truth. And I think that it's important that we listen to their voices so… — Russell Simmons Copy Share Image
The audience will find the artist who matches their interests. If you're not being true to yourself, your audience can't find you,… — Hilary Hahn Copy Share Image
You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director.… — Maggie Gyllenhaal Copy Share Image
Universal appreciation of art... belongs to those countries and those ages which are not, or were not, ruled by materialism. Though travel… — Walter J. Phillips Copy Share Image
“Like all paintings, the portrait was ruined at the first stroke of paint; it would never be exactly as she had imagined… — Christopher Bollen Copy Share Image
When you come up in the art world, whatevers in the air, the issues of the moment, end up becoming part of… — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
