Art Quote by James A. Baldwin

The artist must yield himself to his own inspiraton, and if he has a true talent, no one knows and feels better than he…

— Giuseppe Verdi

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

because talent alone doesn't make an artist

— Maureen Johnson

The great artist is conscious of the talent and power he possesses otherwise he would not see his faults and so would not be…

— Henri Gaudier-Brzeska

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

I think the popular concept of the artist is a person who has this great passion and enthusiasm and super emotion. He just throws…

— Richard Estes

There are many tremendous artists that never make it. Talent is not enough if no one sees, hears and tastes your work.

— apl.de.ap

If sometimes our great artists have been the most critical of our society, it is because their sensitivity and their concern for justice, which…

— John F. Kennedy

When something is just bad, it's often because it is too mediocre in its ambition. The artist hasn't attempted to do anything really outlandish.

— Susan Sontag

We don't really want to think that the artist is only very skilled, that he has merely devoted his life to perfecting a certain…

— John Updike

The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it.

— William Faulkner

Above all, an artist must never be too easily satisfied with what he has done...

— Henri Matisse