True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely. — Yoko Ono Copy Share Image
What is it at which all true artists are aiming? It is life, it is reality. — John Edgar Park Copy Share Image
True artistic renewal does not mean being stripped of fetters. It means moving into new fetters. — Tawfiq al-Hakim Copy Share Image
“No true artist is possible without sorrow and suffering and renunciation.” — Jessie Fothergill Copy Share Image
All true artists, bear within themselves a deeply rooted and often unconscious desire for transformation. — Michael Chekhov Copy Share Image
I get freedom out of hip-hop. I get to be a true artist without any shackles or harnesses. — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
There's no doubt about it - gardeners are the only true artists these days. — Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
“A true artist willingly removes their heart, allows constructive criticism to stomp it, then puts it back--bruised and aching--to continue improving due… — H.G. Mewis Copy Share Image
Kenneth Hari is a true artist and in my opinion a psychic. When he is painting you, he feels your heart and… — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
The true artist regards his work as a means of talking with men [and women], of saying his say to himself and… — Robert Henri Copy Share Image
The best art is about individualism, free self-expression and realising a unique, imaginative perspective- A true artist takes no notice whatever of… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
How would you define [Bob] Dylan? You can't. That's a true artist. How about Ray Charles? Can you classify Ray Charles? No,… — George Thorogood Copy Share Image
The true artist is quite rational as well as imaginative and knows what he is doing; if he does not, his art… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“He was ... at peace with the world, for it is not in the praise of others that the true artist revels,… — Tom Holt Copy Share Image
I think Damien Hirst is hilarious. And I think he's a true artist. He's not hilarious first; I think he is a… — Jemima Kirke Copy Share Image
I think if you're a creative person, then you're always kinda looking to move things along - 'Where else can I go?… — Paul Weller Copy Share Image
“There exists a limit to the force even the most powerful may apply without destroying themselves. Judging this limit is the true… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
The true artist plays mad with his soul, labors at the very lip of the volcano, but remembers and clings to his… — John Gardner Copy Share Image
“Poetry will exist as long as there is a problem of life and death. The gift of art is a superior gift… — Ruben Copy Share Image
I feel like it's not about the music anymore-it's about how many friends you have on Facebook and your Instagram pictures. I… — Anthony Gonzalez Copy Share Image
No one can make the album they made 10 years ago with a straight face. There are two reasons: one is you… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
No one can make the album they made 10 years ago with a straight face. There are two reasons: one is you… — Brad Paisley Copy Share Image
The artist forges himself to the others, midway between the beauty he cannot do without and the community he cannot tear himself… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
“What makes an amazing artist? It's not his ability to impress but his skill in touching people's lives through his craft. When… — Elizabeth E. Castillo Copy Share Image
“I run my finger along the textured silk. “It’s so beautiful.” “Salishen silk,” Mage Florel says reverently. “From the Salishen Isles. They’re… — Laurie Forest Copy Share Image
“There is not one single invention of (Nature's), however subtle or impressive it may be thought to be, that the human spirit… — Joris-Karl Huysmans Copy Share Image
“There is indeed a poetical attitude to be adopted towards all things, but all things are not fit subjects for poetry. Into… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“The truth about any artist, however terrible, is better than the silence… I know many writers fight fanatically to keep their published… — John Fowles Copy Share Image
“The true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot, his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than… — George Bernard Shaw 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
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
To be a true artist you have to play the way you feel not the way others think you should feel. — Don Ellis Copy Share Image