Art Quote by Andrei Tarkovsky

You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you…

— Maggie Gyllenhaal

The tricky thing about being a writer, or about being any kind of artist, is that in addition to making art you also have…

— Ann Patchett

I've worked with a lot of directors, some of them you wouldn't really attach the word 'artist' to their name.

— Mark Mothersbaugh

Different people have different styles, but there is an opportunity as a director to be a writer in every moment, with every visual cue…

— B. J. Novak

I think I am a writer, but professionally I feel drawn to and suited for directing.

— Mary Stuart Masterson

People who are artists professionally are not artists because they want to be artists; they have to be artists. They're compelled to get that…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist.

— Marianne Moore

An artist doesn't depend upon inspiration or have to have it. An artist doesn't depend on mood, certainly not if you're earning your living…

— Michael Ventura

Sometimes being an artist is a real drag. It can be incredibly bureaucratic.

— Micah Lexier

To be a creative person and be a professional, as an artist you have to be able to withstand pain, rejection, and for some,…

— Ira Sachs

I could be just a writer very easily. I am not a writer. I am a screenwriter, which is half a filmmaker... But it…

— Paul Schrader

Being an artist is supposed to be a scam, not a career.

— Wade Guyton