Art Quote by Eric Maisel

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

— Oscar Wilde

The artist must yield himself to his own inspiraton, and if he has a true talent, no one knows and feels better than he…

— Giuseppe Verdi

And often he who has chosen the fate of the artist because he felt himself to be different soon realizes that he can maintain…

— Albert Camus

An artist is an artist because he is not happy with the world, so he creates his own existence.

— Robin Gibb

The true artist is quite rational as well as imaginative and knows what he is doing; if he does not, his art suffers.

— Isaac Asimov

An artist is his own fault.

— John O'Hara

And yet the artist will go on with his work without knowing in some way if any of his representations are sound or unsound.…

— Plato

The artist must scorn all judgment that is not based on an intelligent observation of character. He must beware of the literary spirit which…

— Paul Cezanne

The artist forges himself to the others, midway between the beauty he cannot do without and the community he cannot tear himself away from.…

— Albert Camus

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

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 believe that a truly valuable artist must be an artist who realizes the impossibility of his task -and then continues to do it.

— Keith Jarrett