Art Quote by Darnell Lamont Walker

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

— James Baldwin

“Well, nothing helps an artist’s career more than a little death and obscurity, I always say.”

— Dan Simmons

“The real potential of becoming An Artist Nobody Likes was far, far scarier than remaining An Artist Nobody’s Heard Of.”

— Mark Manson

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

— Annette Messager

“The worst that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.”

— Joanna Rakoff

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

— Oscar Wilde

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

— Charles Martin

“You really are an artist, aren’t you? You think it’s all about you, and you never stop looking for pain.”

— Jessie Burton

“The worst thing an artist can have is too much freedom.”

— Magdalena McGuire

“You become an artist once you start saying that you are an artist”

— Steven Pressfield

“Art shows what's inside. And that's scary. Showing my paintings would be like...like cutting my arm open in front of a crowd and showing…

— Christina Daley

“A true great artist at heart never ceases to create, continuously amazes and keeps sharing his gift despite barriers, judgement, fears and dreaded myths.…

— Elizabeth E. Castillo