Art Quote by Eric Maisel

An artist usually has no friends except other artists, and usually they do not like his work.

— Mignon McLaughlin

Most artists probably feel lonely or set apart in childhood. But they grow up and find people who share their interests.

— Deborah Solomon

Every artist feels alone and isolated, Friends are very important in terms of all sorts of definitions of oneself. They tell you what you…

— Jasper Johns

Great artists treasure their time with a bitter and snarling miserliness.

— Catherine Drinker Bowen

“Artists often enslave their friends.”

— Anonymous

I've not met one person, even if they are not creative, who isn't dysfunctional. I guess artists are just a bit more aware of…

— Karen Elson

As soon as I started working at the 'Los Angeles Times,' people warned me not to get too close to artists because it could…

— Robert Hilburn

Writers are painful friends, and they are seldom friendly with others. They are insecure in the presence of other writers. Composers of certain kinds…

— Paul Theroux

Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred; they don't care what happens.

— Ai Weiwei

Artists live in an imperfect world where affairs of the heart must sometimes be compromised with business.

— Sara Genn

Good artists exist in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.

— Dave Eggers

Back in the day, artists could be mysterious. Now, people want to know and hear everything about you. They want to see and feel…

— Kandi Burruss