Art Quote by Kate Chopin

“And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.”

— Kate Chopin

The artist must possess the courageous soul that dares and defies

— Kate Chopin

“To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gift -absolute gifts- which have not been acquired by one's effort. And, moreover, to…

— Kate Chopin

“One must possess many gifts … which have not been acquired by one’s own effort. And, moreover … the artist must possess the courageous soul.”

— Kate Chopin

“The soul of an artist is a tortured one, forever capturing their version of reality.”

— Belinda Taylor

“Art is a spirit and soul thing. Anything else is mere desperation.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“No true artist is possible without sorrow and suffering and renunciation.”

— Jessie Fothergill

“Is not one’s art made out of the struggle in one’s soul?”

— Orna Ross

“But the artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift…

— Joseph Conrad

“As, in useful art, so far as it is useful, the work must be strictly subordinated to the laws of Nature, so as to…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“the artist descends within himself, and in that lonely region of stress and strife, if he be deserving and fortunate, he finds the terms…

— Joseph Conrad

“He was an artist of rare ability, a self-taught artist, without teachers or schools, principles and rules, carried away only by the thirst for…

— Nikolai Gogol