Art Quote by Annette Messager

“You really are an artist, aren’t you? You think it’s all about you, and you never stop looking for pain.”

— Jessie Burton

“It should be the ambition of every true artist to transform wounds and traumas into masterpieces.”

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

“You will usually discover that the creative process itself is truly the most healing part of any art therapy experience.”

— Cathy Malchiodi

“The soul of an artist is a tortured one, forever capturing their version of reality.”

— Belinda Taylor

“An artist's role is to make you realize the doom and glory of knowing who you are and what you are.”

— James Baldwin

“To be an artist means a lifetime of being told no, with the occasional yes showing up just to give you enough hope to…

— Jami Attenberg

“If you are a real artist, you give your whole being to your art. Anything short of that, then you are not an artist.”

— John Fowles

“And this is what being an artist means, being a poet? To sacrifice yourself for your art, sacrifice your heart for your art, because…

— Charlotte Eriksson

“The scary part of being an artist is knowing that what makes you a better artist can also kill you.”

— Darnell Lamont Walker

“The work of the artist is to lift up people's hearts and help them endure.”

— William Faulkner

“If you consider yourself to be an artist, then be an artist.”

— Alexandra Bracken

“You become an artist once you start saying that you are an artist”

— Steven Pressfield