Art Quote by Austin Kleon

“True artists unburden their envies and work toward encouraging amateurs.”

— Aniruddha Sastikar

“AN ARTIST IS FIRST AN AMATEUR”

— Henry David Thoreau

“I do believe most curators - maybe I'm only speaking for myself here - want to be artists on some level. Curators must have…

— Marion Boulton Stroud

“Your skill is the artistry you bring to your world, put out awe inspiring work.”

— Sravani Saha Nakhro

“The challenge is this: training creative, independent, and innovative artists is new to us.”

— Seth Godin

An amateur at LIFE is an amateur at ART.

— Laurence Gartel

An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.

— Benjamin Disraeli

We are not only a civilization of amateur photographers; we are amateur curators, editors, and publishers.

— Charlotte Cotton

The Internet is the greatest tool for any artist to have interaction with any audience.

— Nick Rhodes

“Practicing your craft in expert fashion is noble, honorable, and satisfying. And I'll generally take a stand-up mercenary who takes pride in his professionalism…

— Anthony Bourdain

“An artist has got to get acquainted with himself just as much as he can. It is no easy job, for it is not…

— Chaim Potok

I think that a lot of artists have succeeded in making what I might call "curator's art." Everybody's being accepted, and I always want…

— Jerry Saltz