Art Quote by Caitlín R. Kiernan

There's always been an ongoing struggle between commerce and art.

— Thomas Schlamme

“An artist that makes art merely to meet a demand is a slave to what his patrons wants to see, or, hear.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

In capitalist terms, art is a global marketplace and artistic labour is too.

— Munira Mirza

Art has to be, you know, trade itself, conform to the old strict guidelines set forth by how it was going to act in…

— Immortal Technique

The great artist is a slave to his ideals.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

“In accepting and defending the social institution of slavery, the Greeks were harder-hearted than we but clearer-headed; they knew that labor as such is…

— W.H. Auden

Art is all about doing what you shouldn't.

— Nobuyoshi Araki

Art was not created as a way to riches. Strive to become a true artist; all else will take care of itself.

— Robert Schumann

Art is a business, like any other.

— Catherine Stock

One cannot demand of art that it pay you in any other way than in the satisfaction of the work itself.

— Uta Hagen

The industry needs to be run by artists, because we are the only people that care about art.

— Nikki Sixx

To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.

— Larry Wall