Art Quote by Jim Goldberg

A lot of what making art is, is just being open, and empty. And putting yourself in the right place for things to, literally,…

— Bill Viola

Creating art is like being sick - you bring up all your innermost thoughts, and then you have to ask yourself why you're doing…

— Goldie

Making art can be maddening at times and frustrating and not always rewarding, frequently not rewarding. But you do it because you believe in…

— Michael C. McMillen

I always feel like the art's there and I just see it, so it's not really a lot of work.

— Damien Hirst

What gets me excited by the process of making art is how unrelated elements get fused, which is a formal process. The content is…

— Jordan Wolfson

I feel like you have to make art because you have to make it. But the end result of it- that last stage- you…

— Frank Iero

The main thing in making art often is letting go of your expectation and your idea.

— Agnes Martin

If it's work, we try to figure out how to do less, If it's art, we try to figure out how to do more

— Seth Godin

I spend my time trying to figure art out. I was brought up to believe that the way one processes information is by making…

— Sean Lennon

All intervening steps, scribbles, sketches, drawings, failed work models, studies thoughts, conversations, are of interest. Those that show the thought process of the artist…

— Sol LeWitt

I have a feeling that art is something you do for yourself, and that any time you turn your decisions over to someone else…

— William Stafford

You make art, you make it from what you know, and that's the best way to make art. You get lost in the details…

— Boots Riley