Art Quote by Dmitri Shostakovich

For many artists fame complements the value of creative self-expression. Ludwig van Beethoven loved composing music, but he probably would have enjoyed it less…

— Tyler Cowen

An artist who is too self-centered is liable to exhibit faults he abhors: carelessness, callousness, and even downright cruelty.

— Eric Maisel

“Beethoven, he learned, was a proud man who believed absolutely in his own abilities and never bothered to flatter the nobility. Believing that art…

— Haruki Murakami

Any artist always has misgivings about calling himself an artist.

— Bill Budge

I cannot avoid condemning all those who, from self-conceit have the pretension to imitate great artists of the past. If their powers of emotion…

— Jean-Georges Noverre

I think the problem with growing up and idealizing self-destructive artists is that you only see the beauty they created rather than all the…

— Greta Gerwig

As for my relationship to Beethoven, I admire people who can say what they really think. It's as though he's saying, 'That's how I…

— Andris Nelsons

For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.

— Whoopi Goldberg

“Any artist who fails to engage with society and the vulnerability of the individual in a cruel existence should not style him-or herself an…

— Lena Andersson

If you look at how great artists of the past, like Beethoven, for example dealt with art and morality, you see that there was…

— Tariq Ramadan

An artist who lacks the power of self-criticism accomplishes but little. It is good if your work stands higher than your own opinion of…

— Leonardo da Vinci

The sociability of artists is a paradoxical and precarious thing, and ceases the instant they begin their actual artistic work.

— Robin G. Collingwood