Art Quote by Dani Shapiro

“Artists are out of step with the world. Yet their works can give us a clearer picture of who we are.”

— Ivan Fernandez

“It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realize his ideal.”

— Oscar Wilde

“An artist does not create the way he lives, he lives the way he creates.”

— Jean Lescure

“We want our artists to take the mundane materials of our lives, run it through their imaginations, and surprise us.”

— Twyla Tharp

“An artist's role is to make you realize the doom and glory of knowing who you are and what you are.”

— James Baldwin

“Being an artist means forever healing your own wounds and at the same time endlessly exposing them.”

— Annette Messager

I feel, as artists, our duty is to keep working and keep making whatever we believe in.

— Sunil Grover

“But I tell you, nothing is pointless, and nothing is meaningless if the artist will face it. And it’s his business to face it.…

— Katherine Ann Porter

“. . . No matter how screwed up the artist might be, there's still the chance that they can produce art that people like…

— Charles Martin

“A plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive, at least a little bit…”

— Kurt Vonnegut, Jr

“They are the willing and skilled instruments of the gods and goddesses they serve. THE ARTIST'S LIFE Are you a born writer? Were you…

— Steven Pressfield

“creativity keeps the world alive, yet, everyday we are asked to be ashamed of honoring it, wanting to live our lives as artists. i’ve…

— Nayyirah Waheed