Admiration Quote by Anna Katharine Green

Artists are nearest God. Into their souls he breathes his life, and from their hands it comes in fair, articulate forms to bless the…

— J. G. Holland

To be an artist is a blessing and a privilege. Artists must never betray their true hearts. Artists must look beneath the surface and…

— Marvin Gaye

Artists are interpreters for us of richness and meaning. Artists can reinforce a healthy sense of God's grandeur and nearness.

— Sandra Bowden

Artists create out of a sense of desolation. The spirit of creation is a excruciating, intricate exploration from within the soul.

— El Greco

The artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift and…

— Joseph Conrad

Artists instinctively want to reflect humanity, their own and each other's, in all its intermittent virtue and vitality, frailty and fallibility.

— Tom Hiddleston

“I do not say that artists cannot be seers, inspired: that the awen cannot come upon them, and the god speak through them. Who…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers; read, study and think a great deal of life...

— Robert Henri

Art is the essence of beauty. The artist, a mute that practiced crying until he managed to shout free of dissonance.

— Mariana Fulger

Any 'artist' makes a living by expressing what others can't - because they're unaware of their feelings, they're too afraid to express those feelings,…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Artists are visionaries. We routinely practice a form of faith, seeing clearly and moving toward a creative goal that shimmers in the distance -…

— Julia Cameron

There are different kinds of artists: the ones that inspire you, and the ones that overwhelm you.

— Thomas Mars