Art Quote by Jerry Saltz

Only artists without talent try to shock people.

— Nobuyoshi Araki

In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves.

— David Hockney

Because artists can be extremely eccentric and insane, and unfortunately, the people they hurt the most are the people that are closest to them.

— Maynard James Keenan

A lot of artists don't survive, do they? You work very hard and finally you get what you want and it destroys you.

— Joyce Johnson

So ultimately, it's idealistic to think that artists are able to step away from the power of the media and the way it controls…

— Thom Yorke

Artists are better at finding a way to kill their time.

— John Baldessari

Artists have to survive.

— Alex Scally

Most artists I know have gone through some period that forces them to get to the very core of who they are.

— Melody Gardot

I don't believe artists should be subjected to experiences that harden the sensibilities; without sensibility no fine work can ever be done.

— Janet Scudder

Artists can do whatever they want!

— Marina Abramovic

Artists are meant to be madmen, to disturb and shock us.

— Anne Rice

Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt.

— Holly Near