Art Quote by Ben Shahn

An amateur is someone who supports himself with outside jobs which enable him to paint. A professional is someone whose wife works to enable…

— Ben Shahn

A professional is an amateur who has been working for a long time.

— Serge Lutens

The art schools seem to be trying to turn people out as "professional." But I don't know what the word "professional" means any longer.…

— Lawrence Weiner

“Paint the canvas of the profession with vibrancies of passion.”

— Vikrmn: CA Vikram Verma

A professional is someone who can do his best work when he doesn't feel like it.

— Alistair Cooke

A primitive artist is an amateur whose work sells.

— Grandma Moses

A professional is one who does his best work when he feels the least like working.

— Frank Lloyd Wright

Who is a professional? A professional is someone who has a combination of competence, confidence and belief. A water diviner is a professional. A…

— Bunker Roy

I've been asked often what is the difference between an amateur and a professional artist, and I will tell you. An amateur artist is…

— Ben Shahn

First of all, as a professional, you can run around saying "artists, schmartists" as much as you want. But I'm a professional, so if…

— Julianne Moore

A professional is a person who can do his best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like it

— Alistair Cooke

Dress designing . . . is to me not a profession but an art,

— Elsa Schiaparelli