--- title: "17 Business Artist Quotes by 16 authors" description: "Browse 17 Business Artist quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Business Artist sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/flannery-o-connor-639_art_it-is-the-business-of-the-artist-to-unco_2349923.png" --- > [It is the business of the artist to uncover the strangeness of truth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flannery-o-connor/it-is-the-business-of-the-artist-to-uncover-the-strangeness-of-truth/) [Flannery O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/flannery-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/flannery-o-connor-639_art_it-is-the-business-of-the-artist-to-unco_2349923.png) > [Business art is the step that comes after Art. I started as a commercial artist, and I want to finish as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/business-art-is-the-step-that-comes-after-art-i-started-as-a-2/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e16/andy-warhol-746_art_business-art-is-the-step-that-comes-afte_2934222.jpg) > [It is the business of the artist to make humanity aware of itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ezra-pound/it-is-the-business-of-the-artist-to-make-humanity-aware-of-itself/) [Ezra Pound](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ezra-pound/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/658/ezra-pound-1208_art_it-is-the-business-of-the-artist-to-make_1310373.png) > [Part of the business of being an artist is abetting talent. The best do that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/faith-sullivan/part-of-the-business-of-being-an-artist-is-abetting-talent-the-best/) [Faith Sullivan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/faith-sullivan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e5c/faith-sullivan-10834_art_part-of-the-business-of-being-an-artist_755046.jpg) > [The war is dreadful. It is the business of the artist to follow it home to the heart of the individual fighters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/d-h-lawrence/the-war-is-dreadful-it-is-the-business-of-the-artist-to-follow-it/) [D. H. Lawrence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/d-h-lawrence/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fe/d-h-lawrence-426_army_the-war-is-dreadful-it-is-the-business-o_42747.png) > [Nowadays, with the state of the music business, for any artist, whether you're up-and-coming or you've been in it for awhile, you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-j-blige/nowadays-with-the-state-of-the-music-business-for-any-artist-whether/) [Mary J. Blige](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-j-blige/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b6/mary-j-blige-2311_art_nowadays-with-the-state-of-the-music-bus_2146520.jpg) > [The business of the artist is not to escape from his material medium or bully it, but to serve it; but to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dorothy-l-sayers/the-business-of-the-artist-is-not-to-escape-from-his-material-medium/) [Dorothy L. Sayers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dorothy-l-sayers/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e65/dorothy-l-sayers-738_art_the-business-of-the-artist-is-not-to-esc_2444894.jpg) > [I want to show that you can be just as amazing as labels and compete as a business and work as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dawn-richard/i-want-to-show-that-you-can-be-just-as-amazing-as-labels-and-compete/) [Dawn Richard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dawn-richard/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c60/dawn-richard-7962_amazing_i-want-to-show-that-you-can-be-just-as-a_3041905.jpg) > [I'm very good at separating things, and one of the things that I've always separated is that my business from one artist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jermaine-dupri/i-m-very-good-at-separating-things-and-one-of-the-things-that-i-ve/) [Jermaine Dupri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jermaine-dupri/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f65/jermaine-dupri-14644_art_i-m-very-good-at-separating-things-and-o_1432676.jpg) > [Someone told me there was a publisher that could find a good home for my songs, but I didn't want to give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-bolton/someone-told-me-there-was-a-publisher-that-could-find-a-good-home-for/) [Michael Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-bolton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/979/michael-bolton-13753_art_someone-told-me-there-was-a-publisher-th_3139226.jpg) > [“Business art is the step that comes after art. I started as a commercial artist, and I want to finish as a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-warhol/business-art-is-the-step-that-comes-after-art-i-started-as-a/) [Andy Warhol](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-warhol/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32f/andy-warhol-746_andy-warhol_business-art-is-the-step-that-comes-afte_556581.jpg) > [The thing about being on the majors, from the beginning, going into this, I was like, "I'm not going to be treated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-ditto/the-thing-about-being-on-the-majors-from-the-beginning-going-into/) [Beth Ditto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-ditto/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/283/beth-ditto-3017_art_the-thing-about-being-on-the-majors-from_1510691.jpg) > [The man who tells the tale if he has a tale worth telling will know exactly what he is about and this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/the-man-who-tells-the-tale-if-he-has-a-tale-worth-telling-will-know/) [William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/981/william-golding-1233_art_the-man-who-tells-the-tale-if-he-has-a-t_2302678.png) > [I don't wait on the music industry to qualify me or give me my paycheck. I go about my business as an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perry-farrell/i-don-t-wait-on-the-music-industry-to-qualify-me-or-give-me-my/) [Perry Farrell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perry-farrell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f08/perry-farrell-26604_art_i-don-t-wait-on-the-music-industry-to-qu_1651365.jpg) > [I realized that it's my own fault that people take advantage of me. I should be around people who cherish my talents,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lady-gaga/i-realized-that-it-s-my-own-fault-that-people-take-advantage-of-me-i/) [Lady Gaga](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lady-gaga/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f9/lady-gaga-359_advantage_i-realized-that-it-s-my-own-fault-that-p_163720.jpg) > [When I was a young actor, I just didn’t understand how to function in this business as an artist. It is a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-franco/when-i-was-a-young-actor-i-just-didn-t-understand-how-to-function-in/) [James Franco](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-franco/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a91/james-franco-2025_actors_when-i-was-a-young-actor-i-just-didn-t-u_2394798.jpg) > [Since I've started to star in pictures I have always managed to retain my singularity of purpose when I got into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-dern/since-i-ve-started-to-star-in-pictures-i-have-always-managed-to/) [Bruce Dern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-dern/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a1/bruce-dern-23901_actors_since-i-ve-started-to-star-in-pictures-i_766614.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/business-artist/#itemlist", "name": "Business Artist Quotes", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It is the business of the artist to uncover the strangeness of truth", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Flannery O'Connor" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/flannery-o-connor/it-is-the-business-of-the-artist-to-uncover-the-strangeness-of-truth/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/flannery-o-connor-639_art_it-is-the-business-of-the-artist-to-unco_2349923.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/flannery-o-connor-639_art_it-is-the-business-of-the-artist-to-unco_2349923.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff0/flannery-o-connor-639_art_it-is-the-business-of-the-artist-to-unco_2349923.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It is the business of the artist to uncover the strangeness of truth” — Flannery O'Connor", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Business art is the step that comes after Art. 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