Artist Quote by Jean-Michel Basquiat

I was poor. I struggled big time, living hand to mouth so I could be the kind of artist I want to be.

— Natalie Prass

I was poorer than anyone I'd ever met. But it was a great time to be a young artist - I remember it as…

— Michael Craig-Martin

I was an artist - I fancied myself an artist - I sold paintings at bars to pay my rent.

— Jeffrey Dean Morgan

I didn't make any money out of my art until I was in my 40s, but it preserved my sanity and my freedom.

— Cornelia Parker

I had given up ( around 1950, fh) any ambition of making a career as an artist…..I had lost all interest in the art…

— Jean Dubuffet

I was really artistic. I did a lot of poetry, a lot of writing.

— Dreezy

I hated painting, and I quit right after high school because I was continually told how terrific I was... it made me feel shaky.

— Diane Arbus

For a long time, I kept working at part-time jobs... my goal was to build up enough savings so I wouldn't be kicked out…

— Janet Fish

In my previous life, I was an artist. I still paint. I love art.

— Edi Rama

For me, being an artist was a thing that, like, rich people in New York and L.A. and Paris and Rome did. It wasn't…

— Cord Jefferson

I wanted to become a painter for a while. I think it was because I was lazy.

— Javier Bardem

I realized that most people waste their lives earning a living, and I wanted to live. I love painting, so I keep painting. That's…

— Pierre Soulages