Good Artist Quotes

53 quotes by 46 authors

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist. — Jasper Johns
Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is. — Jackson Pollock
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. — Laozi
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. — Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres
Most artists work all the time, they do actually, especially good artists, they work all the time, what else is there to do? I mean… — David Hockney
There must be understanding between the artist and the people. In the best ages of art that has always been the case. Genius can probably… — Kathe Kollwitz
Being a good artist is the toughest job you could pick, and you have to be a little nuts to take it on. — Charles Saatchi
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A… — Laozi
There are no rules about investment. Sharks can be good. Artist's dung can be good. Oil on canvas can be good. — Charles Saatchi
To be a good artist / letterer / designer / guitar player it takes practice. A lot of it. More than you can even fathom… — Jessica Hische
What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely original. — Austin Kleon
The malady of civilized man is his knowledge of death. The good artist, like the wise man, addresses himself to life and invests with his… — Gore Vidal
Every man who is any kind of artist has a great deal of female in him. I act and give of myself as a man,… — Peter Biskind
Something in me knows where Iâ€™m going, and - well, painting is a state of being. ... Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what… — Jackson Pollock
Thereâ€™s no â€œcorrect pathâ€ to becoming a real artist. You might think youâ€™ll gain legitimacy by going to university, getting published, getting signed to a… — Amanda Palmer
A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A… — Laozi
No amount of pay ever made a good soldier, a good teacher, a good artist, or a good workman. — John Ruskin
A good teacher is like a good artist. They go right to the most difficult part of whatever's going on. — Bruce Nauman
What the world needs right now... a good, artistic, gothic, terrifying scare — Iggy Pop
All kids, when they go to school, are pretty good artists and dancers and singers and poets. All that gets buried, basically through being educated,… — William T. Wiley

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