Art Quote by Greta Gerwig

People become artists out of despair.

— Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

“Any artist who fails to engage with society and the vulnerability of the individual in a cruel existence should not style him-or herself an…

— Lena Andersson

The first thing that any good artist has to develop is a sense of independence from the artworld. What really destroys a young artist…

— Jeff Koons

Often, especially young artists, you feel like you should be doing something. And I think that can be very destructive because creativity is about…

— Max Richter

That's like the worst - having the ability to do something and not doing it is, I think, the worst thing in the world…

— John Dolmayan

The ego certainly is the biggest obstacle as an artist or performer, so any chance you get to destroy that is really healthy.

— James Van Der Beek

I can't let the baggage of my private life get into work. Artists are more fragile than normal people. But I know that I…

— Bipasha Basu

For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues.

— Whoopi Goldberg

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter…

— James Broughton

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

— T. S. Eliot

The artist who makes himself accessible is self-destructive.

— Howard Barker

Self-consciousness is almost the biggest thing you have to deal with as an artist. That's why many artists crash and burn, because they can't…

— Grayson Perry