Art Quote by Lawrence Durrell

Relationships are hard regardless! But I think they feed the artist: relationships, children, life, family - it all feeds the artist. Loss. Joy. Sacrifice.

— Kathy Baker

“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

The usual relationship between an artist and his painting is like the relationship with the father, or a husband's with his wife. But mine…

— Ilya Kabakov

“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

The biographies of great artists make it abundantly clear that the creative urge is often so imperious that it battens on their humanity and…

— Carl Jung

Art is a partnership not only between those who are living but between those who are dead and those who are yet to be…

— Edmund Burke

“The artist's job is not to succumb to despair, but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existance”

— Woody Allen

“The artist's life cannot be otherwise than full of conflicts, for two forces are at war within him; on the one hand, the common…

— Anonymous

Works of Art are of an infinite loneliness.

— Rainer Maria Rilke

“There is always a mysterious conflict in every artist; if life treats him roughly he longs for peace and calm, but if he comes…

— Stefan Zweig

To me, the ideal artist-to-audience relationship is a one-to-zero relationship. The artist should be granted anonymity.

— Glenn Gould

[The artist] speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives; to our sense of pity, and…

— Joseph Conrad