Art Quote by Laurence Overmire

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

— Charles Horton Cooley

I don't buy into the word "failure." I used to but not anymore. Trying not to fail is the opposite of art.

— Robert Piper

To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare to fail... failure is his world and the shrink from it desertion

— Marcel Proust

All art is failure. How one fails is a different matter.

— Luc Tuymans

To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare fail, that failure is his world and the shrink from desertion, art and…

— Samuel Beckett

At times failure is very necessary for the artist. It reminds him that failure is not the ultimate disaster. And this reminder liberates him…

— John Berger

I had to come to terms with my failure as an artist... I had to find a way for myself.

— Tracey Emin

A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you're not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut,…

— Alexander Skarsgard

Failure is the most important part of an artist's training, and one you cannot afford to do without.

— Gustav Holst

He who is discouraged after a failure is not a real artist.

— Auguste Rodin

What an artist does, is fail. Any reading of the literature, (I mean the literature of artistic creation), however summary, will persuade you instantly…

— Donald Barthelme

Failure would only be if you had somewhere stopped growing. As far as I can see the whole duty of the artist is to…

— May Sarton