Art Quote by Donald Justice

The artist should once and forever emancipate himself from the bondage of appearance.

— Ad Reinhardt

An artist will betray himself by some sort of sincerity.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

— Anonymous

An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

— Edgard Varese

In the last analysis, the artist may shout from all the rooftops that he is a genius; he will have to wait for the…

— Marcel Duchamp

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in…

— John Berryman

No artist knows in his own lifetime whether what he does will be the slightest good, because it takes at least seventy-five to a…

— Francis Bacon

Those who are waiting for an epiphany to strike may wait forever. The artist simply goes to work, making art, both good and not…

— Chuck Close

When an artist becomes complacent, he dies.

— Nate Parker

The artist should have a powerful will. He should be powerfully possessed by one idea

— Robert Henri

An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.

— Paul Valery

“He had no illusion that this was bittersweet or somehow necessary to make art. It just burned. Anyone who felt this would take their…

— Arthur Phillips