--- title: "213 Make Art Quotes by 179 authors" description: "Browse 213 Make Art quotes by 179 authors. Discover the best Make Art sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/paul-russo-40100_art_artists-make-art-everyone-else-talks-abo_2824400.jpg" --- > [Artists make art... everyone else talks about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-russo/artists-make-art-everyone-else-talks-about-it/) [Paul Russo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-russo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/paul-russo-40100_art_artists-make-art-everyone-else-talks-abo_2824400.jpg) > [I extol life so much that I cannot make art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/araya-rasdjarmrearnsook/i-extol-life-so-much-that-i-cannot-make-art/) [Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/araya-rasdjarmrearnsook/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddf/araya-rasdjarmrearnsook-34527_art_i-extol-life-so-much-that-i-cannot-make_2903210.jpg) > [You don’t make art out of good intentions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustave-flaubert/you-don-t-make-art-out-of-good-intentions/) [Gustave Flaubert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustave-flaubert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c9e/gustave-flaubert-354_art_you-don-t-make-art-out-of-good-intention_1649785.jpg) > [If you take pictures does that make you an art thief?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-jay/if-you-take-pictures-does-that-make-you-an-art-thief/) [Bill Jay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-jay/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51f/bill-jay-14930_art_if-you-take-pictures-does-that-make-you_2730219.jpg) > [I want to tour less and make more art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mija/i-want-to-tour-less-and-make-more-art/) [Mija](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mija/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/caf/mija-16975_art_i-want-to-tour-less-and-make-more-art-21_2120817.jpg) > [If you can't make art, make your life a work of art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-malraux/if-you-can-t-make-art-make-your-life-a-work-of-art/) [Andre Malraux](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-malraux/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b0a/andre-malraux-5211_art_if-you-can-t-make-art-make-your-life-a-w_2922892.jpg) > [We make art out of our loss.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-hogan/we-make-art-out-of-our-loss/) [Linda Hogan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-hogan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e45/linda-hogan-14661_art_we-make-art-out-of-our-loss-2866088_2866088.jpg) > [Why do humans make art? It's how we evolved.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/denis-dutton/why-do-humans-make-art-it-s-how-we-evolved/) [Denis Dutton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/denis-dutton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7cb/denis-dutton-31778_art_why-do-humans-make-art-it-s-how-we-evolv_1574598.jpg) > [I believe that every artist, in one way or another, is a wounded person. It's not natural to make art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/i-believe-that-every-artist-in-one-way-or-another-is-a-wounded-person/) [Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f7/paul-auster-351_art_i-believe-that-every-artist-in-one-way-o_1213998.jpg) > [I think people should just make art and let the art speak for itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy/i-think-people-should-just-make-art-and-let-the-art-speak-for-itself/) [Poppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/025/poppy-13763_art_i-think-people-should-just-make-art-and_2358336.jpg) > [“I'm an artist. I'm an artist and I'm going to make art! Art arty art art.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-beirsack/i-m-an-artist-i-m-an-artist-and-i-m-going-to-make-art-art-arty-art-art/) [Andy Beirsack](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-beirsack/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/744/andy-beirsack-64281_art_i-m-an-artist-i-m-an-artist-and-i-m-goin_2549146.jpg) > [I am an important artist. And I make art. Therefore, my opinion matters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/poppy/i-am-an-important-artist-and-i-make-art-therefore-my-opinion-matters/) [Poppy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/poppy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f80/poppy-13763_art_i-am-an-important-artist-and-i-make-art_1415246.jpg) > [I used to encourage everyone I knew to make art; I don't do that so much anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/banksy/i-used-to-encourage-everyone-i-knew-to-make-art-i-don-t-do-that-so/) [Banksy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/banksy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a77/banksy-3076_art_i-used-to-encourage-everyone-i-knew-to-m_852333.jpg) > [Enough of Art. It's Art that kills us. People no longer want to do painting: they make art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/enough-of-art-it-s-art-that-kills-us-people-no-longer-want-to-do/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5cf/pablo-picasso-552_art_enough-of-art-it-s-art-that-kills-us-peo_988799.jpg) > [I don't make art to make money, I make art so I can make art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/devendra-banhart/i-don-t-make-art-to-make-money-i-make-art-so-i-can-make-art/) [Devendra Banhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/devendra-banhart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55d/devendra-banhart-3176_art_i-don-t-make-art-to-make-money-i-make-ar_2429895.png) > [ “If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces.’ \[ Blueprint for a Breakthrough (2013)\]” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-koyczan/if-your-heart-is-broken-make-art-with-the-pieces-blueprint-for-a/) [Shane Koyczan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-koyczan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8c/shane-koyczan-9516_art_if-your-heart-is-broken-make-art-with-th_1177404.png) > [You make art, you make it from what you know, and that's the best way to make art. You get lost in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/boots-riley/you-make-art-you-make-it-from-what-you-know-and-that-s-the-best-way/) [Boots Riley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/boots-riley/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79b/boots-riley-3549_art_you-make-art-you-make-it-from-what-you-k_364583.jpg) > [An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-stills/an-artist-cannot-be-responsible-for-what-people-make-of-their-art-an/) [Stephen Stills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-stills/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a82/stephen-stills-17130_art_an-artist-cannot-be-responsible-for-what_2586902.jpg) > [Most female artists - to do what you have to do and to be as honest as you have to be, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/viv-albertine/most-female-artists-to-do-what-you-have-to-do-and-to-be-as-honest-as/) [Viv Albertine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/viv-albertine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/350/viv-albertine-5176_art_most-female-artists-to-do-what-you-have_146840.jpg) > [Of course, in order to make art, the frustration of not working has to be greater than the frustration of working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-uelsmann/of-course-in-order-to-make-art-the-frustration-of-not-working-has-to/) [Jerry Uelsmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-uelsmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/582/jerry-uelsmann-19873_art_of-course-in-order-to-make-art-the-frust_2892210.jpg) > [Art is essentially communication. It doesn't exist in a vacuum. That's why people make art, so other people can relate to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/art-is-essentially-communication-it-doesn-t-exist-in-a-vacuum-that-s/) [Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e1/conor-oberst-1535_art_art-is-essentially-communication-it-does_1320580.png) > [I don't make art with grandiose delusions. I do know there are limits to what art is capable of. That makes it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-pettibon/i-don-t-make-art-with-grandiose-delusions-i-do-know-there-are-limits/) [Raymond Pettibon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-pettibon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/47f/raymond-pettibon-16796_art_i-don-t-make-art-with-grandiose-delusion_800613.jpg) > [“If I could talk about it, I would not have to do it. I make art, sometimes I make true art, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/if-i-could-talk-about-it-i-would-not-have-to-do-it-i-make-art-2/) [Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bac/neil-gaiman-29_art_if-i-could-talk-about-it-i-would-not-hav_1086446.jpg) > [It's the duty of all novelists, all painters, all musicians, all people who try to make art move: to look for something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nathalie-sarraute/it-s-the-duty-of-all-novelists-all-painters-all-musicians-all-people/) [Nathalie Sarraute](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nathalie-sarraute/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ee/nathalie-sarraute-23965_art_it-s-the-duty-of-all-novelists-all-paint_3066429.jpg) > [Oftentimes, it feels like we spend so much of our life waiting to make art, waiting for somebody to let us do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daveed-diggs/oftentimes-it-feels-like-we-spend-so-much-of-our-life-waiting-to-make/) [Daveed Diggs](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daveed-diggs/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e5/daveed-diggs-8072_amazing_oftentimes-it-feels-like-we-spend-so-muc_1758794.jpg) > [As an artist you have to find something that deeply interests you. It's not enough to make art that is about art,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anselm-kiefer/as-an-artist-you-have-to-find-something-that-deeply-interests-you-it/) [Anselm Kiefer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anselm-kiefer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/anselm-kiefer-19043_art_as-an-artist-you-have-to-find-something_3113976.png) > [I don't think you can be taught how to make art. You can be coached, but on a fundamental level you have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philipp-meyer/i-don-t-think-you-can-be-taught-how-to-make-art-you-can-be-coached/) [Philipp Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philipp-meyer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c2/philipp-meyer-4254_art_i-don-t-think-you-can-be-taught-how-to-m_1730083.jpg) > [The way I make art - the way a lot of people make art - is as an extension of language and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shepard-fairey/the-way-i-make-art-the-way-a-lot-of-people-make-art-is-as-an/) [Shepard Fairey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shepard-fairey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/03a/shepard-fairey-7921_art_the-way-i-make-art-the-way-a-lot-of-peop_772758.jpg) > [When you're somebody who has the pretension to make art, it's completely different from when someone else says I want to make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-gonzalez/when-you-re-somebody-who-has-the-pretension-to-make-art-it-s/) [Luis Gonzalez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-gonzalez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c8/luis-gonzalez-28767_art_when-you-re-somebody-who-has-the-pretens_816414.jpg) > [For artists it's a lot easier to make art in bad times than it is in good times. When you've got no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/for-artists-it-s-a-lot-easier-to-make-art-in-bad-times-than-it-is-in/) [Damien Hirst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/damien-hirst/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/damien-hirst-3219_art_for-artists-it-s-a-lot-easier-to-make-ar_2018840.jpg) > [The secret of a successful art career is to make more art that folks think they need than pieces they just want.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-white/the-secret-of-a-successful-art-career-is-to-make-more-art-that-folks/) [Jack White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dca/jack-white-1911_art_the-secret-of-a-successful-art-career-is_2256282.jpg) > [When people ask me now about why I make art, I think that's what I'm seeking - a moment of transcendence with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-mastrangelo/when-people-ask-me-now-about-why-i-make-art-i-think-that-s-what-i-m/) [Fernando Mastrangelo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-mastrangelo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/fernando-mastrangelo-45630_art_when-people-ask-me-now-about-why-i-make_3096354.jpg) > [“Conformity no longer leads to comfort. But the good news is that creativity is scarce, and more valuable than ever. So is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seth-godin/conformity-no-longer-leads-to-comfort-but-the-good-news-is-that/) [Seth Godin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seth-godin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66e/seth-godin-152_art_conformity-no-longer-leads-to-comfort-bu_1151458.jpg) > [“Every piece of art starts as an empty canvas, a lump of clay, or a mixture of fabrics and colors. It's all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-mooney/every-piece-of-art-starts-as-an-empty-canvas-a-lump-of-clay-or-a/) Mick Mooney [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/015/mick-mooney-100101_art_every-piece-of-art-starts-as-an-empty-ca_204379.jpg) > [A painted landscape is always more beautiful than a real one, because there's more there. Everything is more sensual, and one takes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-botero/a-painted-landscape-is-always-more-beautiful-than-a-real-one-because-2/) [Fernando Botero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fernando-botero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e28/fernando-botero-33378_art_a-painted-landscape-is-always-more-beaut_2833075.jpg) > [“The desire to make art begins early. Among the very young this is encouraged (or at least indulged as harmless) but the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-bayles/the-desire-to-make-art-begins-early-among-the-very-young-this-is/) [David Bayles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-bayles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4ea/david-bayles-13995_art_the-desire-to-make-art-begins-early-amon_2168547.jpg) > [“I asked Bill what career path he thought I should take, and he replied, “Live the artist’s life.” For years I pondered…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mallory-m-o-connor/i-asked-bill-what-career-path-he-thought-i-should-take-and-he-replied/) [Mallory M. O'Connor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mallory-m-o-connor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a30/mallory-m-o-connor-58671_art_i-asked-bill-what-career-path-he-thought_3090164.jpg) > [The time is a thing; you don't have so much time. A good trick is to try and think about a way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-mcdonell/the-time-is-a-thing-you-don-t-have-so-much-time-a-good-trick-is-to/) [Thomas McDonell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-mcdonell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d63/thomas-mcdonell-40219_art_the-time-is-a-thing-you-don-t-have-so-mu_242193.jpg) > [If your heart is broken, make art with the pieces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shane-koyczan/if-your-heart-is-broken-make-art-with-the-pieces/) [Shane Koyczan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shane-koyczan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/203/shane-koyczan-9516_art_if-your-heart-is-broken-make-art-with-th_189293.png) > [“TODAY IS A GREAT DAY TO MAKE ART.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-kirin/today-is-a-great-day-to-make-art/) [M. Kirin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-kirin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/561/m-kirin-25085_art_today-is-a-great-day-to-make-art-383340_383340.jpg) ## Top authors on Make Art ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/make-art/#itemlist", "name": "Make Art Quotes", "numberOfItems": 40, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Artists make art... everyone else talks about it.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Paul Russo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-russo/artists-make-art-everyone-else-talks-about-it/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/paul-russo-40100_art_artists-make-art-everyone-else-talks-abo_2824400.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/paul-russo-40100_art_artists-make-art-everyone-else-talks-abo_2824400.jpg", "url": 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When you've got no money it's easy to just drink your way through it and make great art. But if you're making lots of money it can be very problematic.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Damien Hirst" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/damien-hirst/for-artists-it-s-a-lot-easier-to-make-art-in-bad-times-than-it-is-in/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/damien-hirst-3219_art_for-artists-it-s-a-lot-easier-to-make-ar_2018840.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/damien-hirst-3219_art_for-artists-it-s-a-lot-easier-to-make-ar_2018840.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/39b/damien-hirst-3219_art_for-artists-it-s-a-lot-easier-to-make-ar_2018840.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“For artists it's a lot easier to make art in bad times than it is in good times. When you've got no money…” — Damien Hirst", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 31, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The secret of a successful art career is to make more art that folks think they need than pieces they just want. When a piece of art emotionally connects with a person the work becomes a need. 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Because otherwise you're just in the hustle, you're trying to pay your bills, to do this and that, and then there's that unique moment, when you're not thinking about the market, or if it's going to sell, and all of that bullshit.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Fernando Mastrangelo" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fernando-mastrangelo/when-people-ask-me-now-about-why-i-make-art-i-think-that-s-what-i-m/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/fernando-mastrangelo-45630_art_when-people-ask-me-now-about-why-i-make_3096354.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/fernando-mastrangelo-45630_art_when-people-ask-me-now-about-why-i-make_3096354.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fe/fernando-mastrangelo-45630_art_when-people-ask-me-now-about-why-i-make_3096354.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“When people ask me now about why I make art, I think that's what I'm seeking - a moment of transcendence…” — Fernando Mastrangelo", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 33, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Conformity no longer leads to comfort. But the good news is that creativity is scarce, and more valuable than ever. So is choosing to do something unpredictable and brave: make art. Being an artist isn’t a genetic disposition or a specific talent. It’s an attitude we can all adopt. It’s a hunger to seize new ground, make connections, and work without a map. 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It's all…” — Mick Mooney", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 35, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "A painted landscape is always more beautiful than a real one, because there's more there. Everything is more sensual, and one takes refuge in its beauty. And man needs spiritual expression and nourishing. It's why even in the prehistoric era, people would scrawl pictures of bison on the walls of caves. 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Everything is more…” — Fernando Botero", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 36, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The desire to make art begins early. Among the very young this is encouraged (or at least indulged as harmless) but the push toward a 'serious' education soon exacts a heavy toll on dreams and fantasies…Yet for some the desire persists, and sooner or later must be addressed. And with good reason: your desire to make art -- beautiful or meaningful or emotive art -- is integral to your sense of who you are. Life and Art, once entwined, can quickly become inseparable; at age ninety Frank Lloyd Wright was still designing, Imogen Cunningham still photographing, Stravinsky still composing, Picasso still painting. But if making art gives substance to your sense of self, the corresponding fear is that you're not up to the task -- that you can't do it, or can't do it well, or can't do it again; or that you're not a real artist, or not a good artist, or have no talent, or have nothing to say. The line between the artist and his/her work is a fine one at best, and for the artist it feels (quite naturally) like there is no such line. Making art can feel dangerous and revealing. Making art is dangerous and revealing. Making art precipitates self-doubt, stirring deep waters that lay between what you know you should be, and what you fear you might be. For many people, that alone is enough to prevent their ever getting started at all -- and for those who do, trouble isn't long in coming. Doubts, in fact, soon rise in swarms: \"I am not an artist -- I am a phony. I have nothing worth saying. I'm not sure what I'm doing. Other people are better than I am. I'm only a [student/physicist/mother/whatever]. I've never had a real exhibit. No one understands my work. No one likes my work. I'm no good. Yet viewed objectively, these fears obviously have less to do with art than they do with the artist. And even less to do with the individual artworks. After all, in making art you bring your highest skills to bear upon the materials and ideas you most care about. Art is a high calling -- fears are coincidental. Coincidental, sneaky and disruptive, we might add, disguising themselves variously as laziness, resistance to deadlines, irritation with materials or surroundings, distraction over the achievements of others -- indeed anything that keeps you from giving your work your best shot. What separates artists from ex-artists is that those who challenge their fears, continue; those who don't, quit. 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