Aids Quote by Aldous Huxley

When an artist leaves his work to amuse people, he loses his time and their respect. If people are to be amused by artists,…

— William Morris Hunt

Even if we artists are all very privileged, there's a constant frustration about how to do more or better, and never being satisfied.

— Jean-Michel Jarre

The sociability of artists is a paradoxical and precarious thing, and ceases the instant they begin their actual artistic work.

— Robin G. Collingwood

That’s why an artist must be a warrior and, like all warriors, artists over time acquire modesty and humility. They may, some of them,…

— Steven Pressfield

It is all too easy as an artist to allow the shape of our career to be dictated to us by others. We can…

— Julia Cameron

People become artists out of despair.

— Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

“The morality of artists is replaced by aesthetics.”

— Herman Hesse

“The downfall of classical ideals made all men potential artists, and therefore bad artists. When art depended on solid construction and the careful observance…

— Fernando Pessoa

Art is the questioning of culture

— Gerard Mortier

“The advantage of having an artistic tradition is that the younger artist could see an organic link between the real life of one's country…

— Kuo Pao Kun

The secret of artistic creation and the effectiveness of art is to be found in a return to the state of 'participation mystique' -…

— Carl Jung

In every society, the artists will be the ones who set themselves up as contrary to whatever the society expects.

— Jane Smiley