Art Quote by Peter Schjeldahl

“Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.”

— Oscar Wilde

Being an artist is not easy - I have always said that to the students I have taught over the years. It's a huge…

— Marina Abramovic

“But what cannot be taught, fortunately or unfortunately, is the creative, expressive side of art. Most good teachers of drawing, painting, ect., can teach…

— Edward Chase

“Artists are never poor, they just don't get enough time to make money !”

— Brahmananda Patra

Only the poor can create art.

— Andrei Codrescu

“Over the last forty years, many educators, decision-makers, and even some parents have come to regard the arts as peripheral, and let’s face it,…

— Betty Edwards

Becoming an artist cannot be taught. A degree and diligence is not a guarantee that one can become an 'artist.

— Scott Kahn

To be sure an artist wishes to raise his standard intellectually as much as possible, but the man must remain in obscurity. Pleasure must…

— Paul Cezanne

I have always said to young artists that scholastic training and the studying of art history are crucial to fully developing as an artist.

— LeRoy Neiman

What an artist learns matters little. What he himself discovers has a real worth for him, and gives him the necessary incitement to work.

— Emil Nolde

The artist should always be the student.

— Edgar Alwin Payne

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

— Richard Avedon