Always Quote by Damien Hirst

I guess I've always liked the idea of being an artist.

— Larry Rivers

I think that being an artist is more an approach to life than an approach to work.

— Andrew Levitas

I couldn’t decide whether it was better to be the art, or the artist.

— Chris Campanioni

Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.

— Ai Weiwei

To be an artist is not a matter of making paintings or objects at all. What we are really dealing with is our state…

— Robert Irwin

When I was in high school, I thought I might be an artist. I was very good at drawing and painting.

— Roma Downey

Being an artist is a job for life.

— Brian Eno

It's true that there are people who live the idea of being an artist, as opposed to the idea of making art,

— Daniel Alarcon

To become a painter or a sculptor or a graphic designer is quite an isolated way to spend your life.

— Cate Blanchett

In fact, I thought my calling was to be a painter.

— Patti Smith

I never got into being an artist. For me, it's always more research, storytelling, maybe technological experimental. It's more like a laboratory setting.

— Hito Steyerl

I didn’t see any difference between being a photographer or being an artist. I didn’t make those boundaries. If someone wants to think it’s…

— David LaChapelle