Art Quote by David Bowie

I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work it's no longer his.

— David Bowie

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

— Oscar Wilde

Man is no longer an artist, he has become a work of art.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way

— David Hockney

I think what makes people think that is because of things people write. It really doesn't have anything to do with the artist.

— Erykah Badu

The artist must reckon with his own character flaws, which do not disappear just because he has been called to be an artist.

— Eric Maisel

No artist knows in his own lifetime whether what he does will be the slightest good, because it takes at least seventy-five to a…

— Francis Bacon

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

— Orson Welles

Every artist in the world likes his or her work to make people think.

— Christo

I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.

— Orson Welles

I think the popular concept of the artist is a person who has this great passion and enthusiasm and super emotion. He just throws…

— Richard Estes

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

— Anonymous