Art Quote by Oscar Wilde

The true artist is known by what he annexes, and he annexes everything.

— Oscar Wilde

Artists invent things as a way of telling the truth.

— Yann Martel

An artist is someone who makes art... He didn't invent it...

— Willem de Kooning

By artist I mean of course everyone who has tried to create something which was not here before him, with no other tools and…

— William Faulkner

The truly original artist invents his own signs.

— Henri Matisse

I think the artist's job throughout history has been to tell - to say things that people are inspired by.

— Russell Simmons

It has always been my belief that the true artist, like the true scientist, is a researcher using materials and techniques to dig into…

— Paul Strand

The artist by his work is known.

— Francoise-Marguerite de Sevigne

The fundamental purpose of the artist is the same as that of a scientist: to state a fact.

— Herbert Read

An artist is a person who has invented an artist.

— Harold Rosenberg

When a real artist creates something, it has to be a necessity, the only way he can say something.

— Sylvie Guillem

No artist knows everything... but since every artist knows more than he can tell, all art is lying by omission.

— Glen Duncan