In my experience, what every true artist wants, really wants, is to be paid. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“It should be the ambition of every true artist to transform wounds and traumas into masterpieces.” — Wayne Gerard Trotman Copy Share Image
Financial crisis is the moment of truth for real collectors and true artists. — Victor Pinchuk Copy Share Image
Learn of the green world what can be thy place In scaled invention or true artistry — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
Art was not created as a way to riches. Strive to become a true artist; all else will take care of itself. — Robert Schumann Copy Share Image
“A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public are to him non-existent” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you're not worthy. — Viola Davis Copy Share Image
Most true artists care about music as a pure, passionate art form, but can get caught in the trap of the business.… — Rosanna Arquette Copy Share Image
The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The true artist does not create art as an end in itself; he creates art for human beings. Humanity is the goal. — Bronislaw Huberman Copy Share Image
“I say that the true artist-seer, the heavenly fool who can and does produce beauty, is mainly dazzled to death by his… — J.D. Salinger Copy Share Image
With the true artist, the social formula that he recommends is a matter of secondary importance; the source of his art, its… — Rosa Luxemburg Copy Share Image
To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the truth within the soul. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
It is only the unimaginative who ever invents. The true artist is known by the use he makes of what he annexes. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The Nobel Prize comes from outside, it's a social recognition [reconnaissance] in a way. And I think a true artist is driven… — Catherine Camus Copy Share Image
“A true artist removes his heart willingly, allows constructive criticism to stomp it, then puts it back—bruised and aching—as he continues to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Life's a beautiful struggle. That's why I document mine, because I hope it'll help you maneuvering through yours. That's why I stay… — Alexis Renderos Copy Share Image
Being unique seems more desirable than ever. People are exhausted by clichés, by platitudes, by mass-produced realities, by what's been done and… — Porochista Khakpour Copy Share Image
Transforming leadership, [is defined as] leadership that builds on man's need for meaning, leadership that creates institutional purpose ... he is the… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
“Every mother should be a true artist, who knows how to weave into her child's life images of grace and beauty, the… — Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Copy Share Image
One can be a great artist without being a great technician. There have been many famous ballet stars who did not have… — Fernando Bujones Copy Share Image
“Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.… — Fran Lebowitz Copy Share Image
Working with David Cronenberg or Darren Aronofsky or even Steven Soderbergh isn't really like a typical Hollywood movie. These are true artists,… — Vincent Cassel Copy Share Image
To write with taste, in the highest sense, is to write [...] so that no one commits suicide, no one despairs; to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Make this decision today. Will you be a good and honest writer, or would you rather be famous, loved, noticed? Tell me,… — Tennessee Williams Copy Share Image
Michael Jackson was extraordinary. When we worked together on 'Bad,' I was in awe of his absolute mastery of movement on the… — Martin Scorsese Copy Share Image
“Every mother should endeavor to be a true artist. I do not mean by this that every woman should be a painter,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It has always been my belief that the true artist, like the true scientist, is a researcher using materials and techniques to… — Paul Strand Copy Share Image
“I wish I was a true artist as you so that I could find a way to tell you what you've become… — Kiera Cass Copy Share Image
“What - what - what are you doing?" he demanded. "I am almost six hundred years old," Magnus claimed, and Ragnor snorted,… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
“ There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe. It has symmetry, elegance, and grace - these… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image