Affirmative Quote by Ben Lerner

The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently…

— Oscar Wilde

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

— Dave Eggers

I think people are intolerant of artists.

— David Chase

I believe that artists should be part of the culture. I think that my work clearly bears that out.

— Kehinde Wiley

There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.

— Mos Def

I think artists are interested in what people think of them.

— Logic

“The stupidity/pleasure axis I apply to popular artists: how much pleasure they give versus how stupid one has to become to receive said pleasure.”

— Zadie Smith

All artists are egotistical maniacs with inferiority complexes.

— Lionel Richie

Artists are people who are not at all interested in the facts - only in the truth.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred; they don't care what happens.

— Ai Weiwei

Everybody's an artist. Unfortunately we don't treat them as such.

— Frank Gehry

I've not met one person, even if they are not creative, who isn't dysfunctional. I guess artists are just a bit more aware of…

— Karen Elson