Artists Quotes · Page 4

Identity is theft of the self.

— Estee Martin

Artists are great. They jump in.

— Richard Linklater

Artists have to survive.

— Alex Scally

“ARTISTS OF THE WORLD, UNITE!”

— Olen Steinhauer

A lot of artists need structure.

— Ryan McGinley

Most artists are surrealists

— Dong Kingman

At moments we are all artists.

— Arnold Bennett

I come from a family of artists.

— Katherine Moennig

All artists need a room of their own

— Virginia Woolf

I would say that artists have to be good lovers.

— Leo Sayer

Artists are people who create beauty. That's the bottom line.

— Wayne White

We truly experienced a lot as artists.

— Yui Mizuno

Each year, more people want to become artists.

— Ai Weiwei

There are too many artists, too many dealers and too much art.

— Walter Darby Bannard

Artists who don't paint aren't artists.

— Billy Childish

The immature artist imitates. Mature artists steal.

— Lionel Trilling

“O wayfarer! Yearn finds quench, not in meadows, seashores or altitude of mountain peaks; but when being becomes dance.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“Art doesn’t bare itself to just anyone, but to believers called artists.”

— Richelle E. Goodrich

Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.

— William S. Burroughs

I used to judge the quality of music by whether I could make a 90-minute cassette and not repeat any artists.

— John Hughes

My family's lineage is five generations of artists who never made it.

— Shia LaBeouf

“Magic is not just for the entertainment, but to inspire people to be creative enough with their lives.”

— Amit Kalantri

Great music and great artists create their own music and look and are not manufactured.

— Bill Bailey

Sometimes I may paint myself into a corner, but you should see the exquisite details and colors. . .

— Rick Sutter

Most female artists - to do what you have to do and to be as honest as you have to be, to…

— Viv Albertine

Artists don't compare themselves to each other based on money. Nobody really knows what money other artists have. They don't care that…

— Donald Sultan

There are some millennial artists that I totally get and understand, and I know what they're talking about. People who I've worked…

— Black Thought

“His music gave no lesser joy than a vacation. Creativity in his music and its success stood out as an example to…

— Amit Kalantri

It's hardly even noticeable that so many artists, designers and architects live here. It isn't reflected in the cityscape or in the…

— Olafur Eliasson

I had a reporter ask me how much I weigh. I said to him, 'You go first: How much do you weigh?'…

— Meghan Trainor

“I’ve decided the act that cannot wait / is the important will to create / But, ah, if my belly is ignored…

— Roman Payne

Artists are the people that no matter what, pick up the pen, pick up a paintbrush. They take the time to translate…

— Anna Deavere Smith

I see everybody arguing about what the value of music should be instead of what I think the bigger conversation is, which…

— Amanda Palmer

I want to challenge myself to see where my limit is and experiment with a lot of different films. A lot of…

— Rain

When I work with artists, I give them a general guideline of what my vision is. Then they're going to speak their…

— Steve Aoki

I would love to do something with many artists, you know: Fantasia, Cardi B, Lil Wayne, J.Lo, Alicia Keys, Jennifer Hudson. There's…

— Big Freedia

I guess my favorite artists are The White Stripes or Tom Waits. The more theatrical the music is, the more I get…

— Landon Liboiron

I urge younger artists to know that you don't have to be anything you don't want. You can do whatever's comfortable for…

— Trey Songz

Our co-founder and company president, Jim Levy, came from a record industry background and understood the marketing and promotion of artists as…

— David Crane

When I go into rehearsal rooms and meet with bands, they're genuinely excited to be with me because of what I've done…

— Nikki Sixx