Art Quote by Michael McDonald

We've influenced other artists, and when younger generations become fans of those artists and hear about us, they discover our music too.

— Curt Smith

You know, for a long time I have been of the opinion that artists don't necessarily know what they're doing. You don't necessarily know…

— Leonard Nimoy

I don't really know where I got my artists idea. The scraps of what I remember do not explain to me where it came…

— Georgia O'Keeffe

At the end of the day your influences mold who you are as an artist, you draw a little from everything you listen to…

— Gym Class Heroes

And when I look back I recognize now that I indeed do come from a large family of artists. Whether they necessarily realize it…

— E.J. Bonilla

The recognition of the truth that we get in the artist's work comes to us as a revelation of new truth. We did not…

— Dorothy L. Sayers

What a good artist understands is that nothing comes from nowhere. All creative work builds on what came before. Nothing is completely original.

— Austin Kleon

Honestly, I still don't know a lot of artists, and I want to keep it that way for a while. I think that's why…

— Benjamin Clementine

Every single artist is inspired by artists who have come before them. It's sort of a fun, beautiful sharing process.

— Olivia Rodrigo

We take inspiration from multiple different artists.

— Ellie Rowsell

You know, artists are influenced by other artists. We're all deeply influenced by what's around us; we don't make anything cold. Sometimes we think…

— Carrie Mae Weems

If you look at any creative person's work, you can see bits and pieces of their influences. That's what an artist does.

— G-Eazy