Art Quote by Louis Auchincloss

Bad artists ignore the darkness of human existence. Good artists often get stuck there. Great artists embrace the full catastrophe of our condition and…

— Anonymous

When the world becomes a massive mess with nobody at the helm, it's time for artists to make their mark.

— Joni Mitchell

Great artists suffer for the people.

— Marvin Gaye

Great artists treasure their time with a bitter and snarling miserliness.

— Catherine Drinker Bowen

Everybody's waiting on the downfall of artists.

— Blueface

People become artists out of despair.

— Ernst Ludwig Kirchner

Many artists give up after a while.

— Angie Stone

All artists yearn to struggle, when they struggle they know they're alive.

— John Maeda

A lot of artists don't survive, do they? You work very hard and finally you get what you want and it destroys you.

— Joyce Johnson

Great artists are the ones who have put their entire selves out there to be adored, humiliated, to be picked at, cherished, all of…

— Carmen Ejogo

Most artists I know have gone through some period that forces them to get to the very core of who they are.

— Melody Gardot

Many excellent artists working today unfortunately lack the indispensable gifts necessary for demagoguery and self-promotion, while the bad ones are full of passionate intensity.

— Roman Genn