Art Quote by Fran Lebowitz

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you…

— Fran Lebowitz

“To be a writer and know the pain of artistic block is to know real frustration (though it's not quite as bad as constipation)!”

— John D. Rhodes

“I think ‘slow writing’ is the answer when the feeling of burn out threatens, something akin to the ‘slow food’ movement. Anxiety and panic…

— Rosaleen Love

“I do not possess the ability to draw or paint. I can’t sing or dance. I can’t knit or sew. But I am an…

— Aubrey Becker

“Creativity thrives on inspiration, not burnout. Take a walk, pick up a new hobby, or simply soak in beauty.”

— Felecia Etienne

“If you write (or paint or dance or sculpt or sing, I suppose), someone will try to make you feel lousy about it,”

— Stephen King

There is no such thing as being done with an artistic life. Frustrations and rewards exist at all levels on the path.

— Julia Cameron

“Are you a born writer? Were you put on earth to be a painter, a scientist, an apostle of peace? In the end the…

— Steven Pressfield

To write with taste, in the highest sense, is to write [...] so that no one commits suicide, no one despairs; to write [...]…

— Anonymous

There's nothing worse than sitting down to write a novel and saying, 'Well, okay, I'm going to do something of high artistic worth.'

— Douglas Adams

“They are the willing and skilled instruments of the gods and goddesses they serve. THE ARTIST'S LIFE Are you a born writer? Were you…

— Steven Pressfield

“The real artist with no tear in his eye and no sadness in his heart, puts the pages in the fire and does it…

— Harry Crews