Art Quote by Patti Smith

Sometimes as an artist you get wrapped up in what you are doing and you can't be objective.

— Joe Nichols

Most artists don't understand what they do, and I don't think we have to. Other people do that better - they understand what I…

— Robert Wilson

The secret for an artist is to make that a subject and not bang your head against the wall and give up. But to…

— Clive James

Artists are free to push boundaries to make art. But when pushing boundaries is their only aim, the result is usually bad art.

— Jane Lynch

I always maintain that artists do not have any responsibility to do anything except cause no harm and do whatever we want to do…

— Ezra Furman

Everybody is bound by some social rules. But I think that artists need some kind of freedom to explore their minds and that some…

— Anne Roiphe

Artists have to show us what is not going well within the person and within the society, not try to cover it up.

— Nhat Hanh

Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It keeps us honest.

— Lupita Nyong'o

It's always an interesting thing that happens between an artist and their work. People collapse the two, and for any artist, there will be…

— Sarah Morris

To be an artist is a blessing and a privilege. Artists must never betray their true hearts. Artists must look beneath the surface and…

— Marvin Gaye

There is a desperate tendency to try to legislate artists, to try to lay down rules for their obligations to society. Just leave artists…

— Athol Fugard

Artists are modest. They know they're not doing the work; they're just taking dictation.

— Steven Pressfield