Art Quote by Ben Okri

The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect,…

— Adam Ferguson

The less apparent the means and manner of the artist, the more directly will his work appeal to the understanding and the feelings.

— Asher Brown Durand

The more an artist works the more there is to do.

— Ad Reinhardt

The artist should fear to become the slave of detail.

— Albert Pinkham Ryder

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.

— Robert Hughes

Every artist has his or her struggle to work out in their work. The more powerful the struggle, the more persuasive the art.

— Philip Schultz

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt.

— Robert Hughes

Once it is out of his hand the artist has no control over the way a viewer will perceive the work. Different people will…

— Sol LeWitt

The more you work, the less you exist. I believe (at least, I used to believe, because I no longer think this is entirely…

— Christian Boltanski

Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide.

— Donald Woods Winnicott

As one gets older one sees many more paths that could be taken. Artists sense within their own work that kind of swelling of…

— Jasper Johns

“If the creative process is so powerful, it would be natural to wonder why many artists have difficulties in their lives. It is because…

— Robert Fritz