Adjectives Quote by Jacques Barzun

Great artistic talent in any direction... is hardly inherent to the man. It comes and goes; it is often possessed only for a short…

— Hilaire Belloc

I dare affirm that any artist... who has nothing singular, eccentric, or at least reputed to be so, in his person, will never become…

— Michelangelo

If any artist abuses his audience as a means to any end, noble or ignoble, he better have a damn good reason for it.

— Walter Becker

The real artist has no pride. Unfortunately he sees that his art has no limits. He feels obscurely how far he is from the…

— Ludwig van Beethoven

Great artists are the ones who have put their entire selves out there to be adored, humiliated, to be picked at, cherished, all of…

— Carmen Ejogo

It is not what an artist does that counts...but what he is.

— Pablo Picasso

An artist is above all a human being, profoundly human to the core. If the artist can't feel everything that humanity feels, if the…

— Diego Rivera

There are lots of artists I respect and admire.

— Lisa Stansfield

Fans are half of an artiste... without someone to appreciate him, an artiste is nothing.

— Fawad Khan

An artist should be as impartial as God.

— Wyndham Lewis

The only artist who does not deserve respect is the one who works to please the public, for commercial success or for official success.

— Jacques Maritain

An artist is only an exemplary person if you can see in his works how life goes.

— Peter Handke