Art Quote by Dana Spiotta

Sometimes the only way you can get an audience is at an audition.

— Al Pacino

It is not the job of artists to give the audience what the audience want. If the audience knew what they needed, then they…

— Alan Moore

When you're a performer, of course you want an audience, but it's very, very different from courting fame.

— Cate Blanchett

Without audiences, artists would be doing something else, and their creative and technical skills would fall on absent eyes.

— Ryan Kavanaugh

So many artists say they're not aware of audience. For me is unbelievable.

— Marina Abramovic

Some musicians feel they have to provide what their audiences expect. They lose the distinction between an artist and an entertainer. I am not…

— Steven Wilson

I don't see many artists who are not trying to bring their work to the public - -to the contrary I see artists nearly…

— Sally Mann

You've got to capture an audience. You don't go out there and just sing, or just play. If you can't capture an audience, you…

— Roy Acuff

I envy musicians their ability to live their art and share it with an audience, in the moment. From a filmmaker's standpoint, that's so…

— Todd Haynes

Getting an audience is hard. Sustaining an audience is hard. It demands a consistency of thought, of purpose, and of action over a long…

— Bruce Springsteen

Without an audience, all your dreams will not come true at all, because you need an audience to write new songs and continue to…

— Rokia Traore

Performers have the right to say what they want to, and anyone paying money has the right to accept or reject the art and…

— Penn Jillette