Art Quote by Patti Smith

To be an artist is to take responsibility for the world's destiny. You shape it by your vision.

— Laurence Gartel

To be an artist, you have to nurture the things that most people discard.

— Richard Avedon

To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means to never look away.

— Akira Kurosawa

To be an artist is to believe in life.

— Henry Moore

Being an artist is a job for life.

— Brian Eno

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

The hardest part of being an artist is discovering what it is you do differently.

— Yungblud

Being an artist is not only what you do, but how you live your life.

— Ben Shahn

Being an artist is nothing, or at least, not enough; what you want is to be a poet.

— Luc Delahaye

To be an artist is not a matter of making paintings or objects at all. What we are really dealing with is our state…

— Robert Irwin

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.

— Jasper Johns

Unless you enjoy life passionately, you cannot be a good artiste. Practise what you like, be it sports or dancing.

— Sarita Choudhury