Art Quote by Mitski

Art has more ego to it than what I do.

— Eva Zeisel

You need a big ego to be an artist.

— Damien Hirst

I think a lot of making art is listening to yourself.

— Kiki Smith

Creating art is like being sick - you bring up all your innermost thoughts, and then you have to ask yourself why you're doing…

— Goldie

Your ego can become an obstacle to your work. If you start believing in your greatness, it is the death of your creativity.

— Marina Abramovic

The ego certainly is the biggest obstacle as an artist or performer, so any chance you get to destroy that is really healthy.

— James Van Der Beek

I think that, to be an artist, you have to have a big enough ego to believe that people out in the world want…

— Anonymous

When you are making art with someone, you often combine. Creating something with someone is unmatched. There's so much ego that goes into creating…

— E. R. Fightmaster

I guess if you take yourself seriously as an artist there starts either the problem or the beauty of doing good artwork.

— Bill Griffith

I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego.

— Lou Reed

The instinct that pulls us toward art is the impulse to evolve, to learn, to heighten and elevate our consciousness. The Ego hates this.…

— Steven Pressfield

I think in music and a lot of creative fields, people's egos get in the way of their ability of seeing the big picture.

— John Oates