Art Quote by George Santayana

Every artist is an unhappy lover.

— Iris Murdoch

Every artist is an unhappy lover. And unhappy lovers want to tell their story.

— Iris Murdoch

Some artists go through life not realizing that they have to be happy today. They're always thinking about the next job or the next…

— Francois Arnaud

the moods of sadness that come over anyone who takes up art... these dismal moods have very little compensation.

— Edgar Degas

I feel ever so strongly that an artist must be nourished by his passions and his despairs. These things alter an artist whether for…

— Francis Bacon

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is…

— Aldous Huxley

All artists and creative people are basically unhappy people. If you were happy, that would mean you were content with the world as it…

— Peter Schjeldahl

Some of the most unhappy artists in the most difficult situations can create awe-inspiring works of art.

— Eric Gibbons

People become artists out of despair.

— Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

As an artist, you're never happy with anything you do. It's part of the process.

— Kate Bush

I don't know many artists who are happy with themselves all of the time.

— Moby

An artiste can only be happy when he is true to his art.

— Govinda