Art Quote by David Bowie

There's something peculiar about artists. They have ups and downs... After a while everything you do is just wonderful... then you slide back. If…

— Milton Resnick

When you get to know an artist, you find out the things that have peeved them over the years, and it's generally the stuff…

— Phil Ramone

Why is it every other person you meet says they're an artist? A real artist doesn't need to gas on about it, he doesn't…

— Paula McLain

Back in the day, artists could be mysterious. Now, people want to know and hear everything about you. They want to see and feel…

— Kandi Burruss

Artists are neurotic and hypersensitive, and they tend to focus on granular details, sometimes at the expense of the big picture. I've gotten better…

— Travis Knight

To be an artist is a blessing and a privilege. Artists must never betray their true hearts. Artists must look beneath the surface and…

— Marvin Gaye

There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.

— Mos Def

Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.

— Ai Weiwei

...why is an artist an artist? Artists simply do feel and see things in a different way to other people. In a way it's…

— Roger Waters

What happens with artists, or people who start off doing things for the right reasons, is that you slowly start to paint yourself into…

— Lindsey Buckingham

People who are artists professionally are not artists because they want to be artists; they have to be artists. They're compelled to get that…

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

What is it that turns people into artists? It often comes from some kind of pain or angst, a need to understand or express…

— Angelina Jolie