Art Quote by Manuel Alvarez Bravo

An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“An artist is a bloke who can hold two fundamentally opposing views and still function:”

— John le Carré

The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of thereformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not tinker…

— Anonymous

It's always interesting to see somebody struggling with two different sides of their personality.

— Colin O'Donoghue

The creative person pays close attention to what appears discordant and contradictory... and is challenged by such irregularities.

— Frank X. Barron

One of the distinguishing characteristics of the true work of art is that it is able to both contain and express different meanings -…

— Edward Lucie-Smith

The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist. The artist does not…

— Henry Miller

In reality opposites are one; art shows this.

— Eli Siegel

An artist is only an artist on condition that he neglects no aspect of his dual nature. This dualism is the power of being…

— Charles Baudelaire

The artist works with a concentration of his whole personality, and the conscious part of it resolves conflicts, organized memories, and prevents him from…

— Henry Moore

It seems the deeper, truer personality of the artist only emerges in the making of decisions... in refusing and accepting, changing and revising.

— Bridget Riley

An artist needs a certain amount of turmoil and confusion.

— Joni Mitchell