Afghanistan Quote by Francis Alys

I am a woman and I am from Mexico, that is true. I am an artist, that is also true. When I work, I…

— Andrea Suarez Paz

The question of the value of nationality in art is perhaps unsolvable.

— Edward Hopper

I consider myself more of an international artist than I do a one-territory artist, which I think is a blessing.

— Melanie Fiona

Any critic of Cezanne who described him as a painter of country scenes would be moving in the wrong direction. You must begin with…

— Charles Tomlinson

“The advantage of having an artistic tradition is that the younger artist could see an organic link between the real life of one's country…

— Kuo Pao Kun

In Brazil, when you say you're going to be an artist you always get that point of view that this is a crazy career…

— Rodrigo Santoro

It is very bad for (an artist) to talk about how he (creates). It is not the (artist's) province to explain or to run…

— Ernest Hemingway

When I land in a country and they ask for 'occupation,' I always just put 'artist.' I think that covers all of it.

— Viggo Mortensen

In Germany, a certain artistic sense is fairly common, but the artist's sense is foreign there.

— Franz Grillparzer

I believe that artists should be part of the culture. I think that my work clearly bears that out.

— Kehinde Wiley

An artist is a provincial who finds himself somewhere between a physical reality and a metaphysical one. It’s this in-between that I’m calling a…

— Federico Fellini