Art Quote by Jen Knox

Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating empathy can we truly grow as people.

— Anonymous

“Artistic growth is, more than it is anything else, a refining of the sense of truthfulness. The stupid believe that to be truthful is…

— Willa Cather

“No genuine artist views himself as superior in essence to others.”

— Laurence G. Boldt

“You have to stretch to grow. And surround yourself with not only talented people whom you can delegate to, but also with good souls.…

— Grace Bonney

“The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity.”

— Ralph Ellison

“...What I depend on is a vigorous audience that can discover sweetness and light, beauty and truth, beyond the ability of the artist, on…

— Orson Scott Card

In life we try to grow and better ourselves. As an artist, I feel like I've grown tremendously.

— Pras Michel

“Today the individual has become the highest form, and the greatest bane, of artistic creation. The smallest wound or pain of the ego is…

— Ingmar Bergman

“This is what the great artists manage. They flatter us, by observing better than others and then speaking to each of us as individuals…

— Tristan Gooley

“Our connection to art has less to do with talent and more to do with the emotion it stirs inside us. And perhaps our…

— Nicole Deese

“I can’t overstate how little I knew about myself at 22, or how little I’d thought about what I was doing. When I graduated…

— Lev Grossman

“The morality of artists is replaced by aesthetics.”

— Herman Hesse