Art Quote by Igor Stravinsky

As an artist you have to have a certain amount of arrogance.

— Kim Weston

Your talent is your art. It is not to be taken for granted.

— Paula Abdul

There are forms of art that I might not like to do myself, but I still have respect for the artists who create it.

— Vanessa Paradis

At the end of the day, all you really have is your own sense of your artistic ability and I've always stuck with that…

— Sharlto Copley

When somebody greedily comes along and thinks that they gonna snatch everything, and you have so many people that have not, the passion that…

— Chuck D

I am proud being an artist who takes risks, who would walk off a cliff artistically. I won't settle for commercial reasons.

— Colman Domingo

The thing is, if you're going to take the artistic path, you sort of have to make peace with the idea or the possibility…

— Lela Loren

As an artist I have always tried to be faithful to my vision of life, and I have frequently been in conflict with those…

— Diego Rivera

Whoever you are, if you know what you're doing, you don't want other people to overtake the merit of your art.

— Esperanza Spalding

I always feel when you work with an artist and whenever I work with a really good photographer, I try to give him or…

— Helen Mirren

It gives me no joy to be praised at the expense of a better artist, by someone who does not know the difference or…

— Mary Renault

My paintings are so legible, I feel guilty.

— Doris McCarthy