Art Quote by Finneas

“The year I snuck an interracial lesbian couple into the background of an American Airlines commercial, I was feeling particularly flush.”

— Augusten Burroughs

“My advice is to write during commercial breaks, and read while your favorite TV show is on mute.”

— Jarod Kintz

It seemed to me that I could write commercial fiction. I wasn't sure whether I could, or whether I wanted to write serious fiction…

— James Patterson

Most people think in order to validate yourself as an artist, you have to write your own songs. I commend the guys that do.…

— Jake Owen

An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away.

— Artie Shaw

“The real is the poem. Hence, for the poet—our figure for the writer as artist—to write is to get real.”

— Gémino H. Abad

That's just a part of being an artist: you can't write great stuff all the time, because if you did, then you'd be inhuman.…

— Elton John

I'm self-deprecating, but I'm an artist, too. I have to write new songs to chronicle stuff for myself. I write a song like 'Middle…

— Steve Forbert

“Every mother should endeavor to be a true artist. I do not mean by this that every woman should be a painter, sculptor, musician,…

— Anonymous

“Jubal shrugged. "Abstract design is all right-for wall paper or linoleum. But art is the process of evoking pity and terror, which is not…

— Robert A. Heinlein

As a fan of music, there's nothing I hate more than hearing an artist write a new album off the back of a successful…

— Jessica Origliasso

As an artist, I write and I do what I know and what creatively comes out of me, and I think that other artists…

— Salim Akil