Art Quote by Mary Gordon

I think that being an artist is more an approach to life than an approach to work.

— Andrew Levitas

I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up…

— Bono

To be an artist is to take responsibility for the world's destiny. You shape it by your vision.

— Laurence Gartel

To be an artist, you have to nurture the things that most people discard.

— Richard Avedon

It's really easy to project this whole ideology of what being an artiste is, and I'm just not down with intellectualizing it. I just…

— FKA twigs

Being an artist is a job for life.

— Brian Eno

What happens with artists, or people who start off doing things for the right reasons, is that you slowly start to paint yourself into…

— Lindsey Buckingham

I cannot be convinced that great artists are moralists. Art is first appearances, then meaning.

— Camille Paglia

I make a good living and I've never looked at myself as being an artiste.

— Kelly Lynch

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.

— Jasper Johns

Being an artist is not only what you do, but how you live your life.

— Ben Shahn

To be an artist is to believe in life.

— Henry Moore