Art Quote by John Cassavetes

As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail.

— John Cassavetes

The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to. As an artist, I feel that we…

— John Cassavetes

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.

— Jasper Johns

To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare to fail... failure is his world and the shrink from it desertion

— Marcel Proust

To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare fail, that failure is his world and the shrink from desertion, art and…

— Samuel Beckett

As an artist, you can never get what you want. What you do never approaches what you want it to be.

— Janet Fitch

“You get to choose what you want to be. You don’t need skills you were born with or permission. If you want to be…

— Dana Schwartz

A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you're not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut,…

— Alexander Skarsgard

To be an artist — actually, to be a human being in these times — it’s all difficult. … What matters is to know…

— Patti Smith

So many artists try to be something that they're not.

— Johnny Van Zant

I know what kind of artist I want to be, what I'm capable of, what I'm not capable of.

— Jeff Gutt

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

— Charles Horton Cooley