Army Quote by Albert Camus

“As you will see, we do not believe that artists have an obligation to strike up attitudes to the war. Indeed, they are wise…

— Ian McEwan

Every man who is not an artist is a traitor to his own nature.

— William Blake

The man incapable of contemplation cannot be an artist, but only a skillful workman.

— Ananda Coomaraswamy

He who is discouraged after a failure is not a real artist.

— Auguste Rodin

To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.

— Bruno Dumont

The rôle of the artist is that of a soldier of the revolution.

— Diego Rivera

Artists never make wars. They are too busy making life out of the matter of their visions.

— Marya Mannes

whatever a work of art may be, the artist certainly cannot dare to be simple. He must have a nature as complicated and as…

— Rebecca West

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

— Paul Valery

An artist is not an isolated system. In order to survive he has to interact continuously with the world around him... Theoretically there are…

— Hans Haacke

The artist must be like that Marine. He has to know how to be miserable. He has to love being miserable. He has to…

— Steven Pressfield

He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero