Aloof Quote by Henry David Thoreau

This seclusion of the artist with his work, sometimes misconceived as a selfish thing, is in truth as needful a tool as any, if…

— Georgiana Burne-Jones

And often he who has chosen the fate of the artist because he felt himself to be different soon realizes that he can maintain…

— Albert Camus

The artist forges himself to the others, midway between the beauty he cannot do without and the community he cannot tear himself away from.…

— Albert Camus

To express himself well, the artist should be hidden. The trouble is that if an artist knows he has genius, he's done for. The…

— Pierre-Auguste Renoir

The man who speaks and writes about art should refrain from censuring or pontificating. He will thus avoid doing anything foolish, for in the…

— Hans Arp

I believe that a truly valuable artist must be an artist who realizes the impossibility of his task -and then continues to do it.

— Keith Jarrett

“A writer needs a partner who can act as fuel to his artistic mind, yet has the great ability to sober him up and…

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“Now observe; if the artist does not understand the sacredness of the truth of Impression, and supposes that, once quitting hold of his first…

— John Ruskin

Every artist is linked to a mistake with which he has a particular intimacy. All art draws its origin from an exceptional fault, each…

— Maurice Blanchot

Alone, and without any reference to his neighbours, without any interference, the artist can fashion a beautiful thing; and if he does not do…

— Oscar Wilde

The artist's duty to himself is a combination of immense responsibility and immense irresponsibility. I think those two interlock.

— David Cronenberg

“THE VIRTUE TRAP An artist must have downtime, time to do nothing. Defending our right to such time takes courage, conviction, and resiliency. Such…

— Julia Cameron