Art Quote by Jonathan Lethem

Most artists are brought to their vocation when their own nascent gifts are awakened by the work of a master. That is to say,…

— Lewis Hyde

To be an artist is a blessing and a privilege. Artists must never betray their true hearts. Artists must look beneath the surface and…

— Marvin Gaye

The true work of art is born from the 'artist': a mysterious, enigmatic, and mystical creation. It detaches itself from him, it acquires an…

— Wassily Kandinsky

Artists are the people that no matter what, pick up the pen, pick up a paintbrush. They take the time to translate what is…

— Anna Deavere Smith

In reality, however, an artist is a product of art

— Harold Rosenberg

Art becomes a spiritual process depending upon the degree of commitment that you bring to it. Every experience becomes direct food for your art.…

— Nick Bantock

Art or talent, for an artist, is merely a means of applying his personal faculties to the ideas and the things of the period…

— Gustave Courbet

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

— Eli Broad

Purely by hard work, one can become an artist.

— Robert Fripp

Nowadays, an artist is someone who makes art mean the things he does.

— Tom Stoppard

You don't make art after you become an artist. You become an artist by ceaselessly making art.

— Seth Godin

I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away…

— Richard Price