Art Quote by Chen Chi

The artist's business is to feel, although he may think a little sometimes... when he has nothing better to do.

— John Ruskin

An artist must not feel under any constraint.

— Henri Matisse

Nothing convinces an artist more of the arbitrariness of the means to which he resorts to attain a goal - however permanent it may…

— Joseph Brodsky

He who desires nothing, hopes for nothing, and is afraid of nothing, cannot be an artist.

— Anton Chekhov

The artist can't paint, sing, or dance without emotion: if he does, he is a machine masquerading as a person.

— Eric Maisel

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

Those who desire only techniques will never understand this art. It is everything beyond that

— Masaaki Hatsumi

It takes nothing to encourage an artist.

— Kevin Smith

No artist knows everything... but since every artist knows more than he can tell, all art is lying by omission.

— Glen Duncan

If the artist's will is not strong he will see all kinds of unessential things.

— Robert Henri

The only way an artist can communicate with the world at large is on the level of feeling.

— Howard Hodgkin

“An artist does not have to think about what he is doing.”

— Irving Stone