Angle Quote by Courtney Barnett

I never wanted to be a professional artist; I think that's limiting.

— Yoko Ono

I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.

— Kelly Lynch

Artists lead unglamorous daily lives of discipline and routine, but their work is full of passion. Each has a vision and feels responsibility to…

— Merrill Brockway

Being an artist is not only what you do, but how you live your life.

— Ben Shahn

Being an artist is a lifestyle.

— Wayne White

People who are artists professionally are not artists because they want to be artists; they have to be artists. They're compelled to get that…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

I'd rather be somewhere building a house, if I knew how. The whole idea of being a professional artist is like a demeaning kind…

— Willis Earl Beal

I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your…

— Aaron Rose

There is no such thing as an amateur artist as different from a professional artist. There is only good art and bad art.

— Paul Cezanne

Artists have a tremendous purpose in society, which is to continually expose, to continually challenge and to never stop producing. To never stop creating,…

— Andrea Suarez Paz

To be an artist is to take responsibility for the world's destiny. You shape it by your vision.

— Laurence Gartel

Being an artist is like being an athlete. You have to be in there every day, keeping in shape. You have to be fearless.…

— Lawrence Jordan