Art Quote by Osbert Sitwell

An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions...

— Andres Serrano

Lunatics are writers whose works write them.

— David Mitchell

A great artist has a unique vision...obsession. They are someone willing to fail flamboyantly.

— Jerry Saltz

I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.

— Ezra Pound

. . . All artists’ work is autobiographical. Any writer’s work is a map of their psyche. You can really see what their concerns…

— Kim Addonizio

Being an artist is not a choice; it is an obsession. . .

— Rick Sutter

...the artist treats intuition and nuance with respect and reminds us that a little madness resides in all of us. Artists give voice to…

— Peter Block

“An artist must be passionately in love with her art. Obsessed or possessed ― go mad for what you believe in.”

— Charlotte Eriksson

Perhaps a lunatic was simply a minority of one. At one time it had been a sign of madness to believe that the Earth…

— George Orwell

The true artist is quite rational as well as imaginative and knows what he is doing; if he does not, his art suffers.

— Isaac Asimov

Being an artist is this kind of occupation in which you have to make people care about your obsession.

— Bruce Springsteen

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.

— William Faulkner