Art Quote by Fran Lebowitz

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

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

— George Edward Moore

A true artist is always out of his time.

— Alejandro Jodorowsky

The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.

— William Faulkner

There is an indefinable quality possessed by some artists. You simply can't explain it.

— Vera-Ellen

When an artist works today or whenever, it's not about creating immortal masterpieces, because that's the one thing we don't decide ourselves.

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.

— Martha Graham

The great artists do not seek their forms in the midst of the past, but take the deepest soundings they can of the genuine,…

— Franz Marc

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

“Any artist who has ever created something worthwhile has done so by staying true to himself. You can't do it any other way.”

— Jerrod Edson

I think an artist's true worth comes through an inter-generational thing - when you go beyond your own time, and start influencing people in…

— Daryl Hall

A true artist could and should create till the day they die. You don't ever fail as an artist until you quit being an…

— Christian Keiber