A great artist ... takes what he did not make and makes of it something that only he can make. — Stevie Smith Copy Share Image
As a writer, I always tend to take the liberty and the great artistic luxury of a composite form of writing. — Dwight Yoakam Copy Share Image
A man cannot be wise enough to be a great artist without being wise enough to wish to be a philosopher. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
Halsey's a really great artist - her voice is great, and she has a really cool message behind her songs. — Brendon Urie Copy Share Image
I am a great artist and I know it, it is because I am that I have been able to endure so… — Paul Gauguin Copy Share Image
True poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age. — Sophie Swetchine Copy Share Image
What if Van Gogh had taken medication for his mental illness? Would the world have been deprived of a great artist? — Peter D. Kramer Copy Share Image
It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the ordinary man. — Loren Eiseley Copy Share Image
I wish I was better at art. I love some of the great artists of the 19th century and, compared to them,… — Hayao Miyazaki Copy Share Image
I was in Barcelona working with Shakira, and it was an amazing experience. She's a great artist, and I learned a lot… — Maluma Copy Share Image
My deepest condolences for DJ AM, you were a great artist and will be severely missed. My thoughts and Prayers to his… — Shanna Moakler Copy Share Image
A picture of human life such as a great artist can give, surprises even the trivial and the selfish into that attention… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
In order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
A great artist... must be shaken by the naked truths that will not be comforted. This divine discontent, this disequilibrium, this state… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
I'm just following my own art, and I just think that the only thing I can do to be a great artist… — Justin Chon Copy Share Image
It is so important for me to keep authentic Cuban sounds alive. All of these great artists have changed the landscape of… — Gloria Estefan Copy Share Image
Great artistic talent in any direction... is hardly inherent to the man. It comes and goes; it is often possessed only for… — Hilaire Belloc Copy Share Image
In general, you have great artists who have died far too early and who have left great cultural impact. If you look… — Simon de Pury Copy Share Image
Any great artist is wrestling with their sadness and loneliness, their fears, anxieties and securities, and they're transfiguring those into complicated forms… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
All kids draw and write poetry and everything, and some of us last until we're about eighteen, but most drop off at… — John Lennon Copy Share Image
I attended the High School of Industrial Arts and studied with many great artists as painting is something that you never stop… — Tony Bennett Copy Share Image
I steal from every single movie ever made. I love it - if my work has anything it's that I'm taking this… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
I think we need great artists making great work - women, men, whoever. I think what's great about TV now is there… — Christina Ricci Copy Share Image
All great artists know that part of their task is to light up the distance between two human beings. — Nadeem Aslam Copy Share Image
If they're not temperamental, I don't want them. It's in the nature of a great artist to be that way. — Sol Hurok Copy Share Image
Painting is an attempt to come to terms with life. There are as many solutions as there are human beings — George Tooker Copy Share Image
In the great artist you see daring bound by discipline and discipline stretched by daring. — Robert Breault Copy Share Image
Now, when you look at somebody, it's not simply, 'Are you like me or unlike me? Has your culture produced great artists?… — Homi K. Bhabha Copy Share Image
What do great artists do when you see a world around you that's in turmoil? Some of the best artists make you… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
I don't care about being remembered. I'm not a wonderful writer or anything. This should be reserved for people who really did… — Jesus Franco Copy Share Image
I think that most great artists who are extremely known, as I am, would intimidate a lot of people. I don't want… — Ray Charles Copy Share Image
The great artists represent you. The great products represent you. They don't tell you who you are. But with them, you require… — Andrew Loog Oldham Copy Share Image
My music library has about every genre of music possible. I've really gotten into Ray LaMontagne, He makes amazing music, so I… — Jean-Luc Bilodeau Copy Share Image
My story is really an affirmation of my strength and my luck. To live with a great artist like Ted Hughes or… — Marianne Faithfull Copy Share Image
I guess I am ruthless too because that's what makes a great artist. But I also respect people, I don't go around… — Julian Schnabel Copy Share Image
It feels like my job is to support people. I support great artists. When I worked with a symphony, I sat in… — Nile Rodgers Copy Share Image
I have noted that, barring accidents, artists whose powers wear best and last longest are those who have trained themselves to work… — Catherine Drinker Bowen Copy Share Image
To be quite blunt, I make pictures for money, to pay the rent.There are some great artists in the business. I am… — John Ford Copy Share Image
On the ridge where the great artist moves forward, every step is an adventure, an extreme risk. In that risk, however, and… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image