Art Quote by Jean Cocteau

“If artists often get famous posthumously, then there is only one thing for me to do—fake my own death. Or I could just wait…

— Jarod Kintz

Dead he is not, but departed, for the artist never dies.

— Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

There are thousands of very, very talented artists who will never be known, even after they are dead.

— Bob Ross

Man is no longer an artist, he has become a work of art.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

The artist must create himself or be born again.

— Denise Levertov

Professionally, what comes first is representing the artist.Whether they're alive or dead.

— Larry Gagosian

“A dead man’s vanity: his ashes full of life that cannot be deceased before a living being’s pride.”

— Munia Khan

“No true artist is possible without sorrow and suffering and renunciation.”

— Jessie Fothergill

When we talk about contemporary art and contemporary artists, we usually imagine artists who are alive. But I feel very uncomfortable about placing a…

— Yasumasa Morimura

“Every artist takes their final work to the grave.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

In an artist's life, death is perhaps not the most difficult thing.

— Vincent Van Gogh