--- title: "9 Artists Live Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Artists Live quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Artists Live sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/463/michael-cunningham-1120_art_the-lives-great-artists-live-and-the-boo_43582.png" --- > [The lives great artists live and the books they write are two very different things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-cunningham/the-lives-great-artists-live-and-the-books-they-write-are-two-very/) [Michael Cunningham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-cunningham/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/463/michael-cunningham-1120_art_the-lives-great-artists-live-and-the-boo_43582.png) > [Artists live in unknown spaces and give themselves over to following something unknown.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kiki-smith/artists-live-in-unknown-spaces-and-give-themselves-over-to-following/) [Kiki Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kiki-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47d/kiki-smith-10643_art_artists-live-in-unknown-spaces-and-give_504055.jpg) > [Like most artists, I live out of a suitcase.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cee-lo-green/like-most-artists-i-live-out-of-a-suitcase/) [Cee Lo Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cee-lo-green/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc3/cee-lo-green-12065_art_like-most-artists-i-live-out-of-a-suitca_271655.jpg) > [“Dreamers dream the dream, Artists live it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-w-boyer/dreamers-dream-the-dream-artists-live-it/) [Mark W Boyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-w-boyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d45/mark-w-boyer-11170_art_dreamers-dream-the-dream-artists-live-it_3191911.jpg) > [The most interesting thing about artists is how they live](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marcel-duchamp/the-most-interesting-thing-about-artists-is-how-they-live/) [Marcel Duchamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marcel-duchamp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d79/marcel-duchamp-2390_art_the-most-interesting-thing-about-artists_2714002.jpg) > [Fortunately, artists can live off their works, if you're creative at how you do it. If you just depend on the videos…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talib-kweli/fortunately-artists-can-live-off-their-works-if-you-re-creative-at/) [Talib Kweli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talib-kweli/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d89/talib-kweli-1746_art_fortunately-artists-can-live-off-their-w_1125647.png) > [Artists always live in the cracks anyway, whatever culture they're in. They're usually accustomed to not having much money, to kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-drooker/artists-always-live-in-the-cracks-anyway-whatever-culture-they-re-in/) [Eric Drooker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-drooker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c9/eric-drooker-12664_accustomed_artists-always-live-in-the-cracks-anyway_2247424.jpg) > [For some artists the live performance is the chicken before the egg of writing or recording of repertoire. For other artists the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/for-some-artists-the-live-performance-is-the-chicken-before-the-egg/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa8/anonymous-1_art_for-some-artists-the-live-performance-is_1407104.jpg) > [In the UK and the US especially you've got a lot of throwaway artists who have their 40 million dancers and they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jamelia/in-the-uk-and-the-us-especially-you-ve-got-a-lot-of-throwaway-artists/) [Jamelia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jamelia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/542/jamelia-32227_art_in-the-uk-and-the-us-especially-you-ve-g_1075350.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artists-live/#itemlist", "name": "Artists Live Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": 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