Art Quote by Oscar Wilde

“No writer should be the same as another, that’s not art.”

— Therese Anne Fowler

Writers are painful friends, and they are seldom friendly with others. They are insecure in the presence of other writers. Composers of certain kinds…

— Paul Theroux

“A person may paint or talk about painting but he cannot do both at the same time.”

— Irving Stone

You know, many writers really don't like to write. I think this the chief complaint of so many. They hate to write; they do…

— Harper Lee

You can be sure that a painter reveals himself in his work as much as and more than a writer does in his.

— Denis Diderot

“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

Artists are expected to talk about their work but writers aren't expected to talk about their writing.

— Peter Schjeldahl

And often he who has chosen the fate of the artist because he felt himself to be different soon realizes that he can maintain…

— Albert Camus

Not everybody has a talent for painting, or for the piano, or for dance. But we can write our way into the artist's head…

— William Zinsser

The artist must reckon with his own character flaws, which do not disappear just because he has been called to be an artist.

— Eric Maisel

“All things considered, I’ve learned more from talking to painters than talking to writers. Not that painters are smarter than writers, such is seldom…

— Tom Robbins

“Why do writers write? Why do actors act? Why do painters paint? It doesn't pay much, unless you're very successful. It's who we are.”

— Lori Ann Lesko