Art Quote by Montgomery Clift

At times failure is very necessary for the artist. It reminds him that failure is not the ultimate disaster. And this reminder liberates him…

— John Berger

An artist must learn to be nourished by his passions and by his despairs.

— Francis Bacon

The artist lives in an atmosphere of perpetual failure.

— Harry Crews

To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare to fail... failure is his world and the shrink from it desertion

— Marcel Proust

To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare fail, that failure is his world and the shrink from desertion, art and…

— Samuel Beckett

Some of the most unhappy artists in the most difficult situations can create awe-inspiring works of art.

— Eric Gibbons

I feel ever so strongly that an artist must be nourished by his passions and his despairs. These things alter an artist whether for…

— Francis Bacon

Artists know failure. It is not tragic that they know failure; it is only tragic if they know failure and little else...

— Eric Maisel

All people are struggling to be creative in some way, and the artist is the one who has succeeded in this task of life.

— Rollo May

An artist's failures are as valuable as his successes: by misjudging one thing he conforms something else, even if at the time he does…

— Bridget Riley

“If the creative process is so powerful, it would be natural to wonder why many artists have difficulties in their lives. It is because…

— Robert Fritz

He who is discouraged after a failure is not a real artist.

— Auguste Rodin