Art Quote by Frances Stark

Art is not a luxury, but a necessity.

— Rebecca West

Art is a luxury but also a necessity.

— Edwidge Danticat

The only environment the artist needs is whatever peace, whatever solitude, and whatever pleasure he can get at not too high a cost.

— William Faulkner

The arts are not a luxury. They are an integral part of our lives as individuals and as a nation.

— Hillary Clinton

In order to be artists we need to be in our studios, in our private rooms... in our private personal space... that sacred protected…

— Adam Leipzig

As an artist, you have an opportunity to get in and move things around in people.

— Andy Grammer

I don't understand why people talk of art as a luxury when it's a mind-altering possibility.

— Jeanette Winterson

Being an artist is a lifestyle.

— Wayne White

The privilege of struggling artists is ... the life being buried in what we can't really afford of* what a gorgeous life!!

— Hiroko Sakai

Few artists thrive in solitude and nothing is more stimulating than the conflict of minds with similar interests.

— Arthur C. Clarke

Art is the only place you can do what you like. That's freedom.

— Paula Rego

So much of an artist's career hinges on the sense that we are going somewhere, that we are not just trapped by the four…

— Julia Cameron