Art Quote by Anton Chekhov

You are right in demanding that an artist approach his work consciously, but you are confusing two concepts: the solution of a problem and…

— Anton Chekhov

“You are right to demand that an author be conscious of what he is doing, but you are confusing two concepts: solving the problem…

— Anton Chekhov

You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.

— Anton Chekhov

As an artist you have the luxury of maybe presenting an issue in a certain way, as opposed to actually solving it.

— Ezra Koenig

Problems arise only when an artist chooses to be above the art. Not otherwise.

— Shobana

Sometimes as an artist you get wrapped up in what you are doing and you can't be objective.

— Joe Nichols

“An artist is a man who digests his own subjective impressions and knows how to find a general objective meaning in them, and how…

— Maxim Gorky

To express himself well, the artist should be hidden. The trouble is that if an artist knows he has genius, he's done for. The…

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.

— Joseph Conrad

I think that an artist should be a skilled craftsman.

— Shea Hembrey

One should not be too difficult. An artist should not treat himself like an enemy.

— Eugene Delacroix

No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.

— Claude Monet