Art Quote by Amanda Palmer

Amateurs want to be right. Professionals want to make money.

— Alan Greenspan

I would hate to think I am not an amature. An amateur is one who loves what he is doing. Very often, I'm afraid,…

— Yehudi Menuhin

A professional is a man who can do his job when he doesn't feel like it. An amateur is a man who can't do…

— James Agate

Usually the amateur is defined as an immature state of the artist: someone who cannot — or will not — achieve the mastery of…

— Roland Barthes

Amateurs try until they succeed. Professionals try until they can't fail.

— Anonymous

An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable…

— Ben Shahn

There is no line of demarcation between the amateurs and the pros; everyone is using the same tactics and playing in the same arenas.…

— Lupe Fiasco

The difference between an amateur and a professional photographer is that the amateur thinks the camera does the work. And they treat the camera…

— David Hemmings

The word 'professional' doesn't hold any magic or mystique. The people who really change the world are usually amateurs

— Dave Hampton

There is no such thing as an amateur artist as different from a professional artist. There is only good art and bad art.

— Paul Cezanne

I've been asked often what is the difference between an amateur and a professional artist, and I will tell you. An amateur artist is…

— Ben Shahn

The difference between an amateur and a professional is in their habits. An amateur has amateur habits. A professional has professional habits. We can…

— Steven Pressfield