Art Quote by Rainer Maria Rilke

If we pretend to respect the artist at all we must allow him his freedom of choice , in the face, in particular cases,…

— Henry James

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment…

— Henry Miller

An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.

— Langston Hughes

“An artist can do whatever the artist want. The work they do will not always be appreciated by all, but still it's their work…

— Atle Jarnæs Lerøy

“No true artist is possible without sorrow and suffering and renunciation.”

— Jessie Fothergill

“I refused, and still refuse, the inflated definition of artists as special people with special prerogatives and special excuses.”

— Anne Truitt

Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.

— Saul Bellow

“An artist can't let madness stop him from making art, he simply has to channel it.”

— Christopher Moore

“Could a person choose to be or not to be an artist?”

— Tom Robbins

“An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn’t know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why. He…

— William Faulkner

An artist would not rise above the mediocrity if he condemns it.

— Irving Stone

“The only obligation any artist can have is to himself. His works means nothing, otherwise. It has no meaning.”

— Truman Capote