Art Quote by Edgar Degas

It seems to me that today, if the artist wishes to be serious - to cut out a little original niche for himself, or…

— Edgar Degas

The artist is a strange being. I think it's safe to say that a real artist is conscious of having a personal singularity that…

— Peter Schjeldahl

“An artist has got to get acquainted with himself just as much as he can. It is no easy job, for it is not…

— Chaim Potok

Alone, and without any reference to his neighbours, without any interference, the artist can fashion a beautiful thing; and if he does not do…

— Oscar Wilde

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

— Oscar Wilde

An artist is maybe not always having a normal life.

— Marion Cotillard

An artist is not an isolated system. In order to survive he has to interact continuously with the world around him... Theoretically there are…

— Hans Haacke

The real artist has no pride. Unfortunately he sees that his art has no limits. He feels obscurely how far he is from the…

— Ludwig van Beethoven

I wonder if the artist ever lives his life--he is so busy recreating it.

— Anne Sexton

The artist's personality must be left in his dressing-room; his soul must be denuded of its own sensations and clothed with the base or…

— Sarah Bernhardt

We live in an age where the artist is forgotten. He is a researcher. I see myself that way

— David Hockney

The only environment the artist needs is whatever peace, whatever solitude, and whatever pleasure he can get at not too high a cost.

— William Faulkner