Artist Quote by Eva Hesse

I'm not interested in artistic records for the sake of making artistic records where they're so cool no one listens to them.

— Lari White

I think too many artists from my era tend to just stamp out a record.

— Christopher Cross

There's a cultural conviction that any 'artist' must have personal suffering to back up their work, otherwise there's something undeserved and therefore inauthentic about…

— Jenny Diski

I believe all artists, if they are not lying to themselves, must believe that the best part of their work, or even their life,…

— Jan Saudek

Artists have a sensibility that others don't have. They have a way of reading into the future.

— John Elkann

I think it's important as artists to always keep creating and always have stuff in the archive because you never know when you will…

— BeBe Zahara Benet

“Originality is crucial. 
We as artists are trendsetters.
 People want to be like us. Every record brings out new elements of artistry.”

— Lisa Goldin

So many artists try to be something that they're not.

— Johnny Van Zant

[Great artists] do not copy what they see, but what they desire.

— Theophile Gautier

Every artist wants to feel like they're still valid in a contemporary way. But you can't be so arrogant not to think that people…

— Dennis DeYoung

Artists have to show us what is not going well within the person and within the society, not try to cover it up.

— Nhat Hanh

Artists probably should have some impenetrable aspects of themselves.

— Simon Callow