Accompany Quote by Pablo Picasso

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

— James Taylor

We know great art by its effect on us. If we are prepared to look without preconceptions, without defenses, without haste, then art will…

— Wendy Beckett

It is the ability to determine consciously what it is that interests him, and why, that differentiates the artist from the art student.

— John F. Carlson

Everything depends on the attitude of the artist toward his subject. It is essential.

— Robert Henri

I think... it is somehow very useful, and maybe even essential, for a fine artist to have to somehow make his peace on the…

— Kurt Vonnegut

The importance of an artist is to be measured by the quantity of new signs which he has introduced to the language of art.

— Henri Matisse

An artist needs to become familiar with that which is most hidden from the self by the self. For this one thing which one…

— Pat Steir

The greatness of art is not in the display of knowledge, or in material accuracy, but in the distinctness with which it conveys the…

— George Inness

It is harder to see than it is to express. The whole value of art rests in the artist's ability to see well into…

— Robert Henri

An artist must be open to both appreciation and criticism. It's a part of the learning process, or else there is no growth.

— Shankar Mahadevan

Art is the instinctive application of the knowledge latent in the subconscious.

— Austin Osman Spare

To me, the job of the artist is to provide a useful and intelligent vocabulary for the world to be able to articulate feelings…

— Mos Def