Art Quote by Anthony Burgess

“Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.”

— Oscar Wilde

“The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad artists. Good”

— Oscar Wilde

Artists have to show us what is not going well within the person and within the society, not try to cover it up.

— Nhat Hanh

When you celebrate somebody's bad work on the terms that define their good work, how can that artist have anything but contempt for an…

— Greil Marcus

“Artists are indeed unlikely to be good, goodness would silence them.”

— Iris Murdoch

People should stop thinking that an artist that controls what he does is a bad thing. A lot of artists today are just victims,…

— Daft Punk

There's a history of artists being taken advantage of, and artists have to keep criticizing and keep skepticism at a high level. I think…

— Jack Conte

“Artists are out of step with the world. Yet their works can give us a clearer picture of who we are.”

— Ivan Fernandez

Good artists exist in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.

— Dave Eggers

If you truly believe that artists have a responsibility to uphold their liberal virtues by using their massive platforms, then those artists should be…

— Matty Healy

Artists are the people for whom the world is not enough.

— Paul Auster

Bad artists ignore the darkness of human existence. Good artists often get stuck there. Great artists embrace the full catastrophe of our condition and…

— Anonymous