Adult Quote by David Leavitt

A writer is an artist. They're creating things out of thin air.

— Bibi Bourelly

It is in front of the the paper that the artist creates himself.

— Stephane Mallarme

Art is accusation, expression, passion. Art is a fight to the finish between black charcoal and white paper.

— Gunter Grass

“An author is an artist who paints a picture in the imagination of the reader.”

— Darrell Case

Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as…

— Paddy Chayefsky

I believe a writer is an eye, a pervasive eye that sees the reality that surrounds us, as well as the impression it makes…

— Mariela Griffor

Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.

— O. Henry

“A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he…

— Orhan Pamuk

“A writer who makes serious money is never taken seriously. Writers and artists are expected to suffer poverty and privation for their art; it’s…

— Jessica Zafra

“Art is the bridge across the gap between peoples and cultures. Writing is one of the arts that can help link people.”

— Charles Ray

Nowadays, an artist is someone who makes art mean the things he does.

— Tom Stoppard

Part of being an artist is being able to write about the world you live in and the times that you've been a part…

— Ryan Murphy