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• The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is. — Willa Cather
• In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities… — Alberto Giacometti
• No artist knows everything... but since every artist knows more than he can tell, all art is lying by omission. — Glen Duncan
• A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he… — Wystan Hugh Auden
• The artist knows he must be alone to create; the writer, to work out his thoughts; the musician, to compose; the saint,… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
• And yet the artist will go on with his work without knowing in some way if any of his representations are sound… — Plato
• The sensitive artist knows that a bitter wind is blowing. — Herbert Read
• Most artists are brought to their vocation when their own nascent gifts are awakened by the work of a master. That is… — Lewis Hyde
• And every good artist knows that the gift comes from somewhere else, and it's there for a reason, and that's to make… — James Lee Burke
• That's because only a real artist knows the actual anatomy of the terrible or the physiology of fear - the exact sort… — H P Lovecraft
• Any magazine-cover hack can splash paint around wildly and call it a nightmare, or a witches sabbath or a portrait of the… — H P Lovecraft
• When fans of mine meet me, I can see the disappointment in their eyes. Every artist knows of this phenomenon. — John Banville

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