Art Quote by Dana Spiotta

Artists and writers have to understand and live the truth that what we are doing is nourishing the world.

— Ariel Gore

Many writers are afraid of writing something bad, so they dont try or give up when their efforts dont lead to a masterpiece right…

— Lauren Tarshis

There are a million talented writers who are unpublished only because they stop writing when it gets hard.

— Gillian Flynn

There are many tremendous artists that never make it. Talent is not enough if no one sees, hears and tastes your work.

— apl.de.ap

I still hope that more people can create art, even though artistic genres may never be the most popular or money-making genres. But the…

— Jenova Chen

I really am a believer that 99.99% of all the stories we need, not only as artists but as human beings, not only as…

— Junot Diaz

“You abandon most readily those works that have no destination other than your own wishes; there is no editor or producer standing there waiting…

— William Saroyan

It is clear that a novel cannot be too bad to be worth publishing. . . . It certainly is possible for a novel…

— George Bernard Shaw

For artists it's a lot easier to make art in bad times than it is in good times. When you've got no money it's…

— Damien Hirst

Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.

— Anonymous

I do not enjoy the promotional side of being a writer, to be blunt about it. Even with the little amount that is expected…

— Rachel Kushner

For most people, art is only valuable if other people say it is; and artists are only worthwhile if they are either rich and…

— Wayne Gerard Trotman