Art Quote by Ellen Dissanayake

Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it.…

— Erykah Badu

Why an artist loves what they do is often so hard to describe.

— Elisabeth Moss

So ultimately, it's idealistic to think that artists are able to step away from the power of the media and the way it controls…

— Thom Yorke

The real self of an artiste lies in art, so when an artiste performs, all the pain, trauma and tension get released through art,…

— Mrinalini Sarabhai

The artist's role is to invent rhythms and forms to reveal a deeper apprehension of reality for the viewer.

— Leland Bell

I think in the end there is one ultimate goal with all my careers, and that is, as a performing artist, you want to…

— Audra McDonald

The act of saying what you do helps shape you as an artist.

— Lynn Nottage

In a way, artists are shamans, facilitators who take what's there, channel it through themselves, then put it out there for people to appreciate.

— Julie Taymor

I love artists that just do what they do with so much passion and emotion.

— Jessica Sanchez

It never occurred to me that artists, of all people, have to be reminded that instinct is more important than tradition, but in our…

— Lexi Alexander

Batty as it sounds, subject and style may choose artists, through some unfathomable cosmic means. How else to explain that even artists who enjoy…

— Jerry Saltz

The artist has a duty to be calm. He has no right to show his emotion, his involvement, to go pouring it all out…

— Andrei Tarkovsky