Art Quote by Aldous Huxley

Some of the most unhappy artists in the most difficult situations can create awe-inspiring works of art.

— Eric Gibbons

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

— Irving Stone

There is no such thing as being done with an artistic life. Frustrations and rewards exist at all levels on the path.

— Julia Cameron

I once heard some idiot on the radio saying that all great art has suffering as its dominant theme, and that the greatest artists…

— Bart Yates

There is no misery in art. All art is about saying yes, and all art is about its own making.

— John Currin

It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is less intense than the world…

— Anonymous

I feel ever so strongly that an artist must be nourished by his passions and his despairs. These things alter an artist whether for…

— Francis Bacon

Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art…

— Philippe Petit

I think art is a healing force, and if we give in to the joy that can be found in art, then we are…

— Ntozake Shange

I think for an artist there are so many things to make pictures of now, that everyone else may be suffering, but at least…

— Eric Drooker

There's a kind of despair about whether art can really do anything, but you have to incorporate that despair into the way you work.…

— Tony Harrison

Art is for the artist is only suffering through which he releases himself for further suffering.

— Franz Kafka