Time Quote by Dan Fox

I get the feeling that people from outside the world of contemporary art see it as deserving of mockery, in an emperor's-new-clothes sort of…

— Rachel Kushner

It seems to me that today, if the artist wishes to be serious - to cut out a little original niche for himself, or…

— Edgar Degas

There is no fate more distressing for an artist than to have to show himself off before fools, to see his work exposed to…

— Moliere

A lot of writers whom I love, admire and call friends share this feeling, which is this fundamental idea that we're frauds. That we…

— Damon Lindelof

There's a cultural conviction that any 'artist' must have personal suffering to back up their work, otherwise there's something undeserved and therefore inauthentic about…

— Jenny Diski

“While many find the new clothes of the emperor magnificent, some dare to say out loud, he is simply naked. If the clear sighted…

— Erik Pevernagie

A lot of artists are afraid to be themselves and afraid to tell people what it really is.

— Joyner Lucas

Most people are afraid to trust their imaginations and the artist is not.

— Sherwood Anderson

The bad artists imitate, the great artists steal,

— Banksy

“Artists are dishonest creatures really. They foist their version of reality upon us while making it all up. Writers, painters, musicians, auteurs—they’re all the…

— Anonymous

Simply according artistic works the same protection as nonartistic works may not be sufficient to protect creativity. After all, the very essence of artistic…

— Irving Kaufman

When an artist leaves his work to amuse people, he loses his time and their respect. If people are to be amused by artists,…

— William Morris Hunt