Artist Quotes · Page 94

I have always thought of myself as a painter derailed by circumstance.

— Joni Mitchell

I'm not a industry artist... just a artist in the industry

— Dmx

The arts are the science of enjoying life

— Anonymous

I panic every time I put out a record. I think every artist does.

— Madonna Ciccone

Life is an art piece. So paint it wisely.

— Celeste Hartman

This picture has been painted of me. It's not right. I am 100% clean.

— Mo Farah

He paints a dolphin in the woods, a boar in the waves.

— Horace

Art is an experience, not the formulation of a problem.

— Lindsay Anderson

When we released 'Chaos A.D' it was really hard for a metal artist to survive. Everything was grunge. Everywhere you looked was…

— Max Cavalera

What I'm most fascinated by is the ability of art to induce changes, but remain grounded solidly in its art practice.

— Larissa Sansour

Karl Malden was a good friend of mine, and he said, 'You draw the people to you,' and I guess that's what…

— Bill Cosby

It's great to jump into things you're not sure of and you haven't done and that are a little scary. That's what…

— Angelina Jolie

Government money in the arts, I fear, can only deflect artists from their responsibility to find an authentic market for their products.

— John Updike

The Louvre stopped buying paintings in 1848, and neither the Metropolitan nor the Hermitage acquire contemporary material.

— Neil MacGregor

It's true that there are people who live the idea of being an artist, as opposed to the idea of making art,

— Daniel Alarcon

Some painters transform the sun into a yellow spot, others transform a yellow spot into the sun.

— Pablo Picasso

I like when people get really close to the paintings, when they can't really get away from them, I like them to…

— Julian Schnabel

I would say runway is easier because your job is to look good or play a character that is just going somewhere.…

— Hunter Schafer

I used to always make art for girls. That was the thing I did for girls to like me. I did portraits,…

— Cary Fukunaga

I try not to think retrospectively. It's important, as an artist, to look forward, always. I do try to take work that…

— Cillian Murphy

The arts put man at the center of the universe, whether he belongs there or not. Military science, on the other hand,…

— Kurt Vonnegut

I know the devil is working against me. I already know my mission and what I'm really here to do. People may…

— Cyhi the Prynce

I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota, without . . . having painted…

— Gustave Courbet

Every now and again, a painting will get away from my control and take over. Sometimes it's a good thing. Sometimes it's…

— Ursula Vernon

Sculpture occupies the same space as your body.

— Anish Kapoor

All great art contains an element of the irrational.

— Edith Sitwell

Meek is a great artist and he's very focused.

— Trina

I exist in the world and live in my art.

— Joseph Curiale

The over-reliance on photography holds so many artists back.

— Jacob Collins

Study the science of art and the art of science.

— Leonardo da Vinci

Art for art's sake. [Lat., Ars gratia artis.]

— Howard Dietz

only an aching heart Conceives a changeless work of art.

— William Butler Yeats

An artist's career always begins tomorrow

— James Whistler

“No...he lives to create art, but he loves to murder.”

— Mo Beija

Art = a mad search for individualism.

— Paul Gauguin

“Talented man cannot do the work of a genius man.”

— Amit Kalantri

With all due respect, the Mona Lisa is overrated.

— Paulo Coelho

If the world were clear, art would not exist.

— Albert Camus

“Either you are an artist or you use AI, you cannot do both.”

— Abhijit Naskar

The creative person should have no other biography than his works.

— B. Traven