Art Quote by Maynard James Keenan

Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred; they don't care what happens.

— Ai Weiwei

For me, artists are the world's pain receptors. That is why they have such a hard time living.

— France Gall

Everybody is bound by some social rules. But I think that artists need some kind of freedom to explore their minds and that some…

— Anne Roiphe

Artists often have mental health issues. And their lifestyles are unstable because of all the travelling and the media commentary on their lives.

— Kate Nash

Back in the day, artists could be mysterious. Now, people want to know and hear everything about you. They want to see and feel…

— Kandi Burruss

People expect artists to be too normal, I think. I've been around enough of them now to see that they're very extraordinary human beings…

— Thelma Schoonmaker

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

— Paul Auster

So many artists try to be something that they're not.

— Johnny Van Zant

Because we all just function, the rest of us, just go to work and come home; artists make life bearable. They give perspectives on…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

It's what great artists do. They suffer and feel more within the human condition than others. They're not better for that, just more sensitive,…

— Mandy Patinkin

I just feel like we as a human race tend to fear that which we don't understand. It's cause for a lot of bad…

— Billy Porter

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

— Melody Gardot