Art Quote by Edward Steichen

At times failure is very necessary for the artist. It reminds him that failure is not the ultimate disaster. And this reminder liberates him…

— John Berger

Every artist is linked to a mistake with which he has a particular intimacy. All art draws its origin from an exceptional fault, each…

— Maurice Blanchot

Every work of art should give utterance, or indicate, the awful blind strength and the cruelty of the creative impulse, that is why they…

— Christina Stead

“Artists strive for perfection. But what they often fail to see is that the beauty, the humanity, lies within the flaws.”

— Elizabeth Isaacs

An artist's failures are as valuable as his successes: by misjudging one thing he conforms something else, even if at the time he does…

— Bridget Riley

All the mistakes committed by artists are due to their having separated themselves from truth, believing that their imagination is stronger. There is nothing…

— Joaquin Sorolla

When something is just bad, it's often because it is too mediocre in its ambition. The artist hasn't attempted to do anything really outlandish.

— Susan Sontag

Artists know failure. It is not tragic that they know failure; it is only tragic if they know failure and little else...

— Eric Maisel

“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

It is all too easy as an artist to allow the shape of our career to be dictated to us by others. We can…

— Julia Cameron

In this world, artists are joyous. Unpredictability is the life of their paintings, their music, their novels. They delight in events not forecasted, happenings…

— Alan Lightman

Bad artists ignore the darkness of human existence. Good artists often get stuck there. Great artists embrace the full catastrophe of our condition and…

— Anonymous