Artist Quote by Estelle

You have to be willing to be afraid if you're going to be an artist.

— Carmen Ejogo

Being an artist is not exactly the most universally respected, or secure thing to do with your life. It can be frightening and you…

— Joan Osborne

I was never shielded from the realities of what it meant to be an artist and that made me afraid to be an artist…

— Zoe Lister-Jones

Yeah, I really like being alive. But I definitely don't have any intentions as an artist.

— John Frusciante

Being scared is really a good thing. It's being scared of being scared that's bad. Being scared of walking through your fear, going to…

— Lawrence Bender

I wouldn't know any other way to live except to be an artist. I'm not very good at anything else.

— Fred Tomaselli

Being an artist is not only what you do, but how you live your life.

— Ben Shahn

The great fear I've had to overcome is the fear of failure. You have to be willing to be afraid, if you're going to…

— Carmen Ejogo

Believing in yourself and what you do is so important. It took me a long time to find that confidence. If you're an artist…

— Kate Voegele

Art scares me. I don't feel cool enough to be an artist.

— Simone Giertz

But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk.

— John Lone

My fear now is of cliche, of complacency, of not being able to feel authenticity in myself and those around me.

— John Hawkes