Art Quote by Michele Zackheim

In art, the only one who really knows whether what you've done is honest is the artist.

— Bruce Nauman

“Artists are dishonest creatures really. They foist their version of reality upon us while making it all up. Writers, painters, musicians, auteurs—they’re all the…

— Anonymous

“I craved honesty, yet found dishonesty in myself. Why commit to art? For self-realization, or for itself? It seemed indulgent to add to the…

— Patti Smith

This seclusion of the artist with his work, sometimes misconceived as a selfish thing, is in truth as needful a tool as any, if…

— Georgiana Burne-Jones

“The artist striving for truth or sincerity had to guard his spontaneous vision against distortion or alteration by aesthetic conventions or preconceptions.”

— Linda Nochlin

“your art is not about how many people like your work your art is about if your heart likes your work if your soul…

— Rupi Kaur

“Ask anybody doing truly creative work, and they’ll tell you the truth: They don’t know where the good stuff comes from. They just show…

— Austin Kleon

“When people communicate deceit, it's called politics. When people communicate honesty, it's called art.”

— Gerard de Marigny

Always make your work be personal. And, you never have to lie... There is something we know that's connected with beauty and truth. There…

— Francis Ford Coppola

The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.

— Talib Kweli

“You don’t need creativity when you’re telling the truth,”

— Douglas E. Richards

“Rhetoric makes use of nature’s secrets in the same way as painters who try to imitate it: their most beautiful work is false.”

— Giacomo Casanova