Art Quote by John O'Hara

The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial... his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he…

— Georg Baselitz

An artist must be ruthlessly selfish.

— W. Eugene Smith

If you're not a successful artist it's your fault.

— Bob Lefsetz

An artist who is too self-centered is liable to exhibit faults he abhors: carelessness, callousness, and even downright cruelty.

— Eric Maisel

The artist must reckon with his own character flaws, which do not disappear just because he has been called to be an artist.

— Eric Maisel

An artist is an artist because he is not happy with the world, so he creates his own existence.

— Robin Gibb

The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.

— Talib Kweli

“Any artist who fails to engage with society and the vulnerability of the individual in a cruel existence should not style him-or herself an…

— Lena Andersson

Any artist always has misgivings about calling himself an artist.

— Bill Budge

An artist has to be selfish; otherwise, he's not true to his own art.

— Peter Frampton

An artist is someone who has learned to trust in himself.

— Ludwig van Beethoven

At some point as an artist you have to take responsibility for everything you say.

— Naughty Boy