One could say that artists are people who think naturally…

I think it's harder to make a classic now, not because of what people say, but because artists now are so concerned with what…

— Nas

I would say that artists have to be good lovers.

— Leo Sayer

People say that artists come and go but let me tell you I am not an artist. I am first a human being and…

— Dharmendra

Those who say only artists and architects can create are the ones who are elitist.

— Frank Gehry

You can't expect somebody to speak out on a certain subject. If they want to say something about it, then say something about it.…

— Denzel Curry

Artists who say that they're artists: usually people who need a job.

— Doug Stanhope

I would say that most serious artists have a pretty complete idea of what they're going to do before they do it.

— Diego Cortez

It's the obvious thing to say but artists want to be able to tell all kinds of stories and tear down every kind of…

— Christian Slater

People expect artists to be too normal, I think. I've been around enough of them now to see that they're very extraordinary human beings…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life…

— Margot Fonteyn

Artists are the people among us who realize creation didn't stop on the sixth day.

— Joel-Peter Witkin

Artists are the people for whom the world is not enough.

— Paul Auster

Artists are people who are subject to irrational convictions of the sacred. Baudelaire said that an artist is a child who has acquired adult…

— Peter Schjeldahl

Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done.

— Seth Godin

I don't know if I actually respect other artists as people as much as I should. I look at their work as excellent data…

— David Berman