Art Quote by Anton Chekhov

An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.

— Langston Hughes

The man incapable of contemplation cannot be an artist, but only a skillful workman.

— Ananda Coomaraswamy

The Man who never in his Mind & Thoughts travel'd to Heaven Is No Artist.

— William Blake

The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.

— William Blake

“Despite dreaming about making a living through his art, the real potential of becoming An Artist Nobody Likes was far, far scarier than remaining…

— Mark Manson

Nothing can come out of an artist that is not in the man.

— H. L. Mencken

Nothing convinces an artist more of the arbitrariness of the means to which he resorts to attain a goal - however permanent it may…

— Joseph Brodsky

Life and mind are continuously in conflict with each other. I want happiness, security. I won't reach that by considerations of my mind; on…

— Bram van Velde

An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.

— Irving Stone

The artist needs no religion beyond his work.

— Elbert Hubbard

Nothing can stop an artist from creating.

— Invader

An artist should create beautiful things, but should put nothing of his own life into them.

— Oscar Wilde