Art Quote by Phyllis Bottome

The greatest threat to any artist is surrounding themselves with people who love everything they do.

— John Cooper Clarke

Most artists are always fighting for their fame. They have that fear, like the saying goes, "out of sight, out of mind." They need…

— Chuck D

Bad artists ignore the darkness of human existence. Good artists often get stuck there. Great artists embrace the full catastrophe of our condition and…

— Anonymous

Artists are the only people in the world who really live. The others have to hope for heaven.

— John French Sloan

I just feel like we as a human race tend to fear that which we don't understand. It's cause for a lot of bad…

— Billy Porter

If there is any reason to single out artists as being more necessary to our lives than any others, it is because they provide…

— Phyllis Grissim-Theroux

Artists have a tremendous purpose in society, which is to continually expose, to continually challenge and to never stop producing. To never stop creating,…

— Andrea Suarez Paz

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

Artists are nearest God. Into their souls he breathes his life, and from their hands it comes in fair, articulate forms to bless the…

— J. G. Holland

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

Artists put as much vitality and delight into their saintliness and escape out as most men do their escapes into similar places from respectable…

— Wyndham Lewis

You see so many artists who are so talented end up living sad, empty lives. This industry takes so much out of you that…

— Stacie Orrico