Artists Quotes · Page 24

“An artist that makes art merely to meet a demand is a slave to what his patrons wants to see, or, hear.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

There are artists who make their living now going to conventions... because now you can.

— George Perez

Most artists I know have gone through some period that forces them to get to the very core of who they are.

— Melody Gardot

If the studios paid the artists, how would they ever be able to afford the executives?

— Eric Idle

There's no doubt about it - gardeners are the only true artists these days.

— Joris-Karl Huysmans

Obviously there's so many great artists out there that I'd love to work with.

— MO

What are we artists for? We are for showing you what you've wandered for to find the home of your spirit.

— Hiroko Sakai

Under Stalin, artists weren't dissidents; all they hoped was to survive and write.

— Simon Sebag Montefiore

My parents divorced. There was the usual awkward business of going between them, but I was mostly with my mother. She remarried…

— Jacob Rothschild

Artists have so much more control of their futures - they don't need to rely so much on major labels or big…

— Steve Aoki

I can't let the baggage of my private life get into work. Artists are more fragile than normal people. But I know…

— Bipasha Basu

“It goes without saying that the artists sympathised not with the actual working classes but with their own idea of the working…

— Theodore Dalrymple

Auditioning is a horrible experience because you know you are being absolutely scrutinized and judged. There are days where you can do…

— Kelly Reilly

We have a habit of turning to scientists when we want factual answers and artists when we want entertainment, but where are…

— James Gleick

I think a lot of high-profile artists like to make people think that. 'Oh, I'm trying to choose my next project.' This…

— Michael Cudlitz

One of the artists I most admire is David Lee Roth. I think his combination of humor, glamour, sex and energy is…

— Andrew Ridgeley

I have an office full of product from brands trying to be in videos and an inbox full of songs from artists,…

— Adam Kluger

“There was nothing particularly striking about them except that they were artists of the kind that talk. Everyone knows of the talking…

— Sherwood Anderson

One of the ultimate challenges of biology is to understand how the brain becomes consciously aware of perception, experience and emotion. But…

— Eric Kandel

When a man paints a naked woman he gives her less than poor Nature did. I can conceive of few circumstances wherein…

— Thomas Eakins

I love so many different types of music - hard rock, bebop, jazz fusion, R&B. And I've loved meeting and painting so…

— Peter Max

I've heard from other artists that people are a little bit more reserved in Northern Europe, which comes across at concerts, where…

— Agnes Obel

From the moment I got to Hollywood, I've always felt like I never really got to do what I wanted to do.…

— Martin Kove

“You have to believe that your voice can mean something. You have to believe that what you do matters. And you have…

— Charlotte Eriksson

Future is different from a lot of artists just because of his work ethic.

— Metro Boomin

Every single artist is inspired by artists who have come before them. It's sort of a fun, beautiful sharing process.

— Olivia Rodrigo

“Writers, poets and artists inspire each other. I believe they become muses for each other.”

— Avijeet Das

Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done.

— Seth Godin

I'm lucky, I'm very, very lucky. I work with some of the most amazing artists.

— Hope Sandoval

Defeat furnishes good material to the poets and the artists, but none of us care to have the glory of the conquered…

— Susan Glaspell

The name 'con artist' really does capture it. They're artists, and I have admiration for all artists.

— Maria Konnikova

All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we…

— Maya Angelou

I think the great artists, especially in literature, have always thought with the heart.

— Douglas Sirk

“That is an artist as I love artists, modest in his needs: he really wants only two things, his bread and his…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Many artists use their own lives as a kind of case study to examine what it's like to be human.

— Terry Gross

Artists can be themselves. They don't have to pretend to be somebody they're not.

— Chamillionaire

“Specifically, artists and the powerful have the ability to turn ordinary lives into dreams.”

— Psixomaxaristw

I'm always game to work with exciting filmmakers and exciting artists.

— Harris Dickinson

You know, there are artists who are 35 and up that still make rap and that still works for them. I don't…

— Drake

Dear disgruntled artists: the key to success isn't kicking down the door; it's building your own.

— Brian Celio