Art Quote by John Currin

Its also insane to me that people can expect an artist to not be prone to the same fluctuations in emotion and mood that…

— Gabe Saporta

It's interesting to see the world's fascination with a troubled artist. The artists sure wouldn't share their enthusiasm.

— Jim Rowe

I find that the great artists I've met are people who are so playfully invested in their process that, even if it doesn't come…

— George Saunders

I think the popular concept of the artist is a person who has this great passion and enthusiasm and super emotion. He just throws…

— Richard Estes

I don't know many artists who are happy with themselves all of the time.

— Moby

Batty as it sounds, subject and style may choose artists, through some unfathomable cosmic means. How else to explain that even artists who enjoy…

— Jerry Saltz

I feel like the downfall of any person is the second an artist starts celebrating their work themselves, that becomes problematic.

— Questlove

The artist must be ecstatic about something.

— Ted Shawn

When I hear other artists that are new and fresh and exciting, then I get excited.

— Jay DeMarcus

Sometimes as an artist you don't want to be an entertainer. You want to offend people and inspire them and that's not always entertainment.

— Lacey Sturm

No matter how happy or hopeful I am, I always tend to drift back to that. It's underneath all the music I've ever written...…

— Don McLean

The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently…

— Oscar Wilde