Art Quote by David Hockney

I don't want to have anything to say, it just gets in the way. I think the journey of an artist is a journey…

— Anish Kapoor

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

— Ai Weiwei

That's part of the requirement for me to be an artist is that you're trying to share your personal existence with others and trying…

— Francis Ford Coppola

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

Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium.

— Henry Rollins

Being an artist is two things. You accumulate experience and time, and if you have something that's interesting, you have to be persistent. That's…

— Michael C. McMillen

Artists don't really want to be marginalized. They believe that everybody should be able to appreciate the experience that an artist gives them, an…

— Eric Fischl

Part of the artist's journey is fulfilling your own personal desires and everybody has different ideas about things they'd like to accomplish creatively.

— Kim Wayans

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

To be an artist is not a matter of making paintings or objects at all. What we are really dealing with is our state…

— Robert Irwin

I think as artists we have an opportunity to shed light and share different stories and expose different realities and inspire people and give…

— Goapele

An artist's job is to be interested in things as they are.

— George Saunders