Art Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

“People looking at art but missing the beauty in people.”

— Reuben Berger

“I wonder if it matters that what they have aimed at is illusion. Their lives are in themselves beautiful. I have an idea that…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Artists are out of step with the world. Yet their works can give us a clearer picture of who we are.”

— Ivan Fernandez

“Ordinary people are products of their environment and fit in. Artists transcend their environment and stand out.”

— Oliver Gaspirtz

“Our first job as artists, then, is to venture out, away from what we think we know in search of the new and unexplored.…

— Jeff Goins

“Art is not merely a decorative enhancement of our lives, but a sign of our desire to live in the world fully and honestly.”

— Jan Zwicky

“Thanks for your encouraging words. But I know the grim realities of being an artist. Most of us would never make a mark in…

— Abhaidev

“A writer who makes serious money is never taken seriously. Writers and artists are expected to suffer poverty and privation for their art; it’s…

— Jessica Zafra

“A plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive, at least a little bit…”

— Kurt Vonnegut, Jr

“I had to learn to think, feel and see in a totally new fashion, in an uneducated way, in my own way, which is…

— Henry Miller

“I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists. I have to force people to look at things.”

— Alexander McQueen

“Art is like a kite with an airplane propeller, OK? Artists are like people who have scuba tanks for lungs, OK? And critics are…

— Jarod Kintz