Art Quote by Alexey Brodovitch

In my opinion, the most dangerous thing an artist can do in this day and age is not embrace the present.

— JPEGMAFIA

The first thing that any good artist has to develop is a sense of independence from the artworld. What really destroys a young artist…

— Jeff Koons

Emulation and imitation can legitimately influence one's development, but ultimately the artist must find his own path - and be true to himself.

— Ken Danby

The immature artist imitates. Mature artists steal.

— Lionel Trilling

The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal,

— Banksy

The artist should fear to become the slave of detail.

— Albert Pinkham Ryder

Nothing, indeed, is more dangerous to the young artist than any conception of ideal beauty: he is constantly led by it either into weak…

— Oscar Wilde

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.

— Lionel Trilling

My thing is, you have to let young artists be young artists.

— Rakim

The danger for any artist whose work is both recognizable and critically acclaimed is complacent repetition - the temptation to churn out easily identifiable,…

— Martin Filler

Young people have realised that an artist is in charge of what they're doing - this crazy cynicism that artists were puppets has disappeared.

— Caroline Polachek

The bad gains respect through imitation, the good loses it especially in art.

— Friedrich Nietzsche