Admiration Quote by Ayn Rand

It's interesting to see the world's fascination with a troubled artist. The artists sure wouldn't share their enthusiasm.

— Jim Rowe

Passion is the very fuel of inspiration. Artists, of all people, must be willing to share their passions with the world.

— Carole Katchen

The greatest threat to any artist is surrounding themselves with people who love everything they do.

— John Cooper Clarke

Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them.

— Maynard James Keenan

All artists, they say, are a little mad. This madness is, to a certain extent, a self-created myth designed to keep the generality away…

— Angela Carter

Most famous artists are created by their work and the idea of them as a character, and if they're smart and ambitious, they reinforce…

— Dave Hickey

“True artists, whatever smiling faces they may show you, are obsessive, driven people—whether driven by some mania or driven by some high, noble vision…

— John Gardner

Artists are useful to society because they are so sensitive. They are supersensitive. They keel over like canaries in coal mines filled with poison…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Most artists are always fighting for their fame. They have that fear, like the saying goes, "out of sight, out of mind." They need…

— Chuck D

What one person might see as violent, someone else may see as beautiful. Maybe even art.

— Jon Glaser

Everybody is bound by some social rules. But I think that artists need some kind of freedom to explore their minds and that some…

— Anne Roiphe

If any artist abuses his audience as a means to any end, noble or ignoble, he better have a damn good reason for it.

— Walter Becker