Art Quote by David Sedaris

“To be an artist was to have failure as your constant bedfellow.”

— M. Thomas Gammarino

“The burden shouldn't be on the artist to make things the public understands, nor should it be on the museum to show only things…

— Marcia Tucker

“The artist is the only one qualified to criticize his art, because only the artist knows what he was trying to express and how…

— Ron Brackin

“The only obligation any artist can have is to himself. His works means nothing, otherwise. It has no meaning.”

— Truman Capote

“Mistakes are works of art. You don’t need to create your own, study the masterpieces others left behind, be inspired, and learn.”

— Marion Bekoe

“But in the case of an artist, weakness is nothing less than a crime, when it is a weakness that paralyses the imagination. ”

— Oscar Wilde

“I blame myself without reserve for my weakness. It was merely weakness. One half-hour with Art was always more to me than a cycle…

— Oscar Wilde

“It is an artist's duty to reflect the times.”

— Nina Simone

“It was perfectly possible to be an artist, yet also to be robust and responsible.”

— Julian Barnes

“Just as you would when making a new work of art, don’t ask for help or seek the judgment of others. You don’t want…

— Jackie Battenfield

“The customs people were angered by my drawings. I told them I didn’t make the drawings to cause trouble; I was an artist, and…

— Chaim Potok

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

— Oscar Wilde