--- title: "20 Women Artists Quotes by 18 authors" description: "Browse 20 Women Artists quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Women Artists sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/liz-phair-5104_art_women-artists-need-to-break-barriers-in_2334705.png" --- > [Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-phair/women-artists-need-to-break-barriers-in-order-for-women-s-experience/) [Liz Phair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liz-phair/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/liz-phair-5104_art_women-artists-need-to-break-barriers-in_2334705.png) > [Women artists are still treated differently from men.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/women-artists-are-still-treated-differently-from-men/) [Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/787/yoko-ono-726_art_women-artists-are-still-treated-differen_963673.png) > [I don't feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-don-t-feel-there-are-enough-women-artists-out-there-who-are-saying/) [Annie Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/annie-lennox/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/annie-lennox-1546_anything_i-don-t-feel-there-are-enough-women-arti_2800652.jpg) > [With almost no exceptions, art by men is much more expensive than art by women. Even great women artists, like Louise Bourgeois…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/siri-hustvedt/with-almost-no-exceptions-art-by-men-is-much-more-expensive-than-art/) [Siri Hustvedt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/siri-hustvedt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/79b/siri-hustvedt-860_almost_with-almost-no-exceptions-art-by-men-is_34467.jpg) > [Women artists, no matter how well recognized they are, are seldom given solo exhibitions or featured in significant group shows. They are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-gund/women-artists-no-matter-how-well-recognized-they-are-are-seldom-given/) [Agnes Gund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-gund/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8b/agnes-gund-29637_art_women-artists-no-matter-how-well-recogni_3125558.jpg) > [Why are there no great women artists?' sounds as ignorant of human geography as the query 'Why are there no Eskimo tennis…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francine-du-plessix-gray/why-are-there-no-great-women-artists-sounds-as-ignorant-of-human/) [Francine du Plessix Gray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francine-du-plessix-gray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3fa/francine-du-plessix-gray-19971_art_why-are-there-no-great-women-artists-sou_1271013.png) > [I'm quite drawn to women artists who use themselves in their work. There is a very feminine point of view, the use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roisin-murphy/i-m-quite-drawn-to-women-artists-who-use-themselves-in-their-work/) [Roisin Murphy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roisin-murphy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/43f/roisin-murphy-4949_art_i-m-quite-drawn-to-women-artists-who-use_1949717.png) > [I own works by women artists; it is hard for me to see, literally to see, how women and men differ in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-gund/i-own-works-by-women-artists-it-is-hard-for-me-to-see-literally-to/) [Agnes Gund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-gund/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e8/agnes-gund-29637_art_i-own-works-by-women-artists-it-is-hard_935369.jpg) > [We're always being told that there's a linear progress regarding women. It only gets better, especially for women artists. It's not true.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celine-sciamma/we-re-always-being-told-that-there-s-a-linear-progress-regarding/) [Celine Sciamma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celine-sciamma/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/48e/celine-sciamma-9187_art_we-re-always-being-told-that-there-s-a-l_1582463.jpg) > [There's no question that many more women artists are showing worldwide now than they were when I was a young woman, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-chicago/there-s-no-question-that-many-more-women-artists-are-showing/) [Judy Chicago](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-chicago/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/judy-chicago-22061_art_there-s-no-question-that-many-more-women_1546638.jpg) > [Dealers claim that women artists are not as salable as men, that they are a poor investment. We know that there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/agnes-gund/dealers-claim-that-women-artists-are-not-as-salable-as-men-that-they/) [Agnes Gund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/agnes-gund/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/153/agnes-gund-29637_art_dealers-claim-that-women-artists-are-not_610411.jpg) > [I've always sought to express a tension in form and meaning in order to achieve a veracity. I have come to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nancy-spero/i-ve-always-sought-to-express-a-tension-in-form-and-meaning-in-order/) [Nancy Spero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nancy-spero/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fb3/nancy-spero-56278_achieve_i-ve-always-sought-to-express-a-tension_152681.png) > [It's not possible to present an accurate picture of our culture without all the voices of the people in the culture. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frida-kahlo/it-s-not-possible-to-present-an-accurate-picture-of-our-culture/) [Frida Kahlo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frida-kahlo/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/frida-kahlo-7157_accurate_it-s-not-possible-to-present-an-accurate_2162271.jpg) > [One of the things I liked so much about the women artists I saw in Nashville was that they were appreciated for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lari-white/one-of-the-things-i-liked-so-much-about-the-women-artists-i-saw-in/) [Lari White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lari-white/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/096/lari-white-11827_art_one-of-the-things-i-liked-so-much-about_447432.jpg) > [Still, I wonder if more women artists, musicians and writers aren't household names because we don't have enough faith in our own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/still-i-wonder-if-more-women-artists-musicians-and-writers-aren-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/506/anonymous-1_art_still-i-wonder-if-more-women-artists-mus_514638.jpg) > [“To discover the history of women and art is in part to account for the way art history is written. To expose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norma-broude/to-discover-the-history-of-women-and-art-is-in-part-to-account-for/) [Norma Broude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norma-broude/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5db/norma-broude-266893_art_to-discover-the-history-of-women-and-art_1719993.jpg) > [The element of heroic maleness had always been present in the concept of the artist as one who rides the winged horse…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/germaine-greer/the-element-of-heroic-maleness-had-always-been-present-in-the-concept/) [Germaine Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/germaine-greer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fc0/germaine-greer-1521_above-the-clouds_the-element-of-heroic-maleness-had-alway_1989443.jpg) > [“In the twentieth century the women who wanted to be on their own were some of the best, the honest ones, those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-aldington/in-the-twentieth-century-the-women-who-wanted-to-be-on-their-own-were/) [Richard Aldington](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-aldington/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ed9/richard-aldington-23688_art_in-the-twentieth-century-the-women-who-w_1409020.jpg) > [Women can also be creative in total isolation. I know excellent women artists who do original work without any response to speak…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elaine-de-kooning/women-can-also-be-creative-in-total-isolation-i-know-excellent-women/) [Elaine de Kooning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elaine-de-kooning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/73c/elaine-de-kooning-44764_art_women-can-also-be-creative-in-total-isol_2222759.jpg) > [There was a great sense of community mainly among the women artists at the time because we felt left out. I still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michelle-stuart/there-was-a-great-sense-of-community-mainly-among-the-women-artists/) [Michelle Stuart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michelle-stuart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/625/michelle-stuart-27692_alive_there-was-a-great-sense-of-community-mai_2429541.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/women-artists/#itemlist", "name": "Women Artists Quotes", "numberOfItems": 20, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Liz Phair" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liz-phair/women-artists-need-to-break-barriers-in-order-for-women-s-experience/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/liz-phair-5104_art_women-artists-need-to-break-barriers-in_2334705.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/liz-phair-5104_art_women-artists-need-to-break-barriers-in_2334705.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd2/liz-phair-5104_art_women-artists-need-to-break-barriers-in_2334705.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable” — Liz Phair", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Women artists are still treated differently from men.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Yoko Ono" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/women-artists-are-still-treated-differently-from-men/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/787/yoko-ono-726_art_women-artists-are-still-treated-differen_963673.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/787/yoko-ono-726_art_women-artists-are-still-treated-differen_963673.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/787/yoko-ono-726_art_women-artists-are-still-treated-differen_963673.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Women artists are still treated differently from men.” — Yoko Ono", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I don't feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Annie Lennox" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/annie-lennox/i-don-t-feel-there-are-enough-women-artists-out-there-who-are-saying/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/annie-lennox-1546_anything_i-don-t-feel-there-are-enough-women-arti_2800652.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/annie-lennox-1546_anything_i-don-t-feel-there-are-enough-women-arti_2800652.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/96d/annie-lennox-1546_anything_i-don-t-feel-there-are-enough-women-arti_2800652.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I don't feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance.” — Annie Lennox", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With almost no exceptions, art by men is much more expensive than art by women. 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We know that…” — Agnes Gund", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I've always sought to express a tension in form and meaning in order to achieve a veracity. I have come to the conclusion that the art world has to join us, women artists, not we join it. 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