Artists Quotes

2212 Artists quotes by 1502 unique authors

For spiritual companions I have had the many artists who have relied on nature to help shape their imagination. And their most elaborate equipment was… — Sam Abell
Part of the reason that these attempts at explanation fail, I think, is that photographers, like all artists, choose their medium because it allows them… — Robert Adams
"Only with effort can the camera be forced to lie: basically it is an honest medium: so the photographer is much more likely to approach… — Edward Weston
"Do not call yourself an "artist-photographer" and make "artist-painters" and "artist-sculptors" laugh; call yourself a photographer and wait for artists to call you brother." — Ralph Waldo Emerson
No one, though has to go to college to make or understand or enjoy art. Wonderful artists and critics - some of the best -… — Robert Adams
Not all artists are Chess players, but all Chess players are artists — Marcel Duchamp
The upshot was, my paintings must burn that English artists might finally learn. — D. H. Lawrence
Statisticians, like artists, have the bad habit of falling in love with their models. — George E. P. Box
I'm a great believer in the hereafter, in karma, in reincarnation. It does make sense. I believe that God is not just a law-giver, but… — Norman Mailer
Nevertheless, the Tenth Commandment-'Thou shalt not covet'-recognizes that making money and owning things could become selfish activities. But it is not the creation of wealth… — Margaret Thatcher
Since the time of the ancient Greeks a democracy has depended on its philosophers and creative artists. It can only flourish by continuous probing, prodding,… — Uta Hagen
The trouble with a lot of artists today is that they have too much technique and equipment. They don't know what to do with it… — Alexander Calder
The impulse to acquisition, pursuit of gain, of money, of the greatest possible amount of money, has in itself nothing to do with capitalism. This… — Max Weber
No one has ever laughed at a pun who did not see in the one word a twofold meaning. To materialists this world is opaque… — Fulton J. Sheen
The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later,… — William Faulkner
For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues. — Whoopi Goldberg
In free society art is not a weapon...Artists are not engineers of the soul. — John F. Kennedy
The movies today are too rich to have any room for genuine artists. They produce a few passable craftsmen, but no artists. Can you imagine… — H. L. Mencken
The being who, for most men, is the source of the most lively, and even, be it said, to the shame of philosophical delights, the… — Charles Baudelaire
If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer...When I was younger, I felt… — Patti Smith
Most inventors and engineers I've met are like me. They're shy and they live in their heads. The very best of them are artists. And… — Steve Wozniak
I learned how music works dealing with Jermaine Dupri, and I learned how image works dealing with Puff Daddy. ... Singing is an acting role… — Usher
I feel that homophobia runs rampant in the music industry, and that artists are allowed to speak openly in a hateful way, in a homophobic… — Lady Gaga
Your attitude is more important than the events happening around you. Artists develop a syndrome taught in art schools. It is a malady titled, 'Artistic… — Jack White
Not only was he not mad, but he was a musician, and my favorite men had always been musicians or writers or anything that involved… — Marian Keyes

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