Art Quote by Clarence John Laughlin

I feel ever so strongly that an artist must be nourished by his passions and his despairs. These things alter an artist whether for…

— Francis Bacon

In order to work and to become an artist one needs love. At least, one who wants sentiment in his work must in the…

— Vincent Van Gogh

An artiste like me can never be satisfied because it is the dissatisfaction that helps me grow and achieve what I want to.

— Suresh Gopi

The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.

— Berthold Auerbach

The most vigilant self-criticism of course is necessary, but the time comes when the artist must tell himself he is good or he will…

— Gerald Moor

Above all, an artist must never be too easily satisfied with what he has done...

— Henri Matisse

“He wanted to be an artist, an artist of life wasn't enough for him, although precisely this concept provides everything we need to be…

— Thomas Bernhard

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

— Irving Stone

An artist is an artist because he is not happy with the world, so he creates his own existence.

— Robin Gibb

It is only because the world looks on his talent with such a frightening indifference that the artist is compelled to make his talent…

— James A. Baldwin

No artist is pleased. There is no satisfaction whatever at any time. There is only a strange, divine dissatisfaction , a blessed unrest that…

— Martha Graham

It is only in his work that an artist can find reality and satisfaction, for the actual world is less intense than the world…

— Anonymous