Accepting Quote by Bridget Riley

An artist needs a certain amount of turmoil and confusion.

— Joni Mitchell

It seems the deeper, truer personality of the artist only emerges in the making of decisions... in refusing and accepting, changing and revising.

— Bridget Riley

An artist who is inspired is being obvious. He’s not making any decisions, he’s not weighing one idea against another. He’s accepting his first…

— Keith Johnstone

Some artists want to confront. Some want to invoke thought. They're all necessary and they're all valid.

— Maya Lin

An artist doesn't necessarily have deeper feelings than other people, but he can express these feelings. He is like everyone else-only more so! He…

— Ned Rorem

The moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist.

— Oscar Wilde

An artist chooses his subjects: that is the way he praises.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn’t know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why. He…

— William Faulkner

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.

— William Faulkner

It is human nature to want to exchange ideas, and I believe that, at bottom, every artist wants no more than to tell the…

— M. C. Escher

Some small part of what the artist does is for approval of others.

— Terence Trent D'Arby

An artist is generally expected to stick to one motif, one persona. People get used to seeing someone put down a certain thing.

— Ad-Rock