Art Quote by Madeleine L'Engle

Artists have to be useful. They have to fill a role.

— Louise Bourgeois

Artists are the people for whom the world is not enough.

— Paul Auster

Artists must be men of wit, consciously or unconsciously philosophers; read, study and think a great deal of life...

— Robert Henri

We don't know why we should be artists, but we have many reasons why we can't be.

— Kim Young-ha

Artists are in the imagining/ prototyping business. Society needs people to be out there thinking of what might be. That cannot be something we…

— Mohsin Hamid

Artists probably should have some impenetrable aspects of themselves.

— Simon Callow

It's the obvious thing to say but artists want to be able to tell all kinds of stories and tear down every kind of…

— Christian Slater

Obviously there's so many great artists out there that I'd love to work with.

— MO

If there is any reason to single out artists as being more necessary to our lives than any others, it is because they provide…

— Phyllis Grissim-Theroux

Artists have a tremendous purpose in society, which is to continually expose, to continually challenge and to never stop producing. To never stop creating,…

— Andrea Suarez Paz

Artists make our lives livable and enjoyable.

— Brian Stokes Mitchell

I think what we (as a society) need from artists of all kinds is courage, a willingness to explore, and a really big sense…

— Sharon Salzberg