Art Quote by Richard Yates

Are artists and writers the only people entitled to lives of their own?

— Richard Yates

“Oh, Frank. Can you really think artists and writers are the only people entitled to lives of their own?”

— Richard Yates

Artists deserve to make a living

— Larry Harvey

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

That's what everyone should do with their lives: stand up for what they believe in or try to do some good in the world.…

— Tracy Chapman

Many artists use their own lives as a kind of case study to examine what it's like to be human.

— Terry Gross

Artists are the people for whom the world is not enough.

— Paul Auster

If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?

— Ai Weiwei

There are lots of artists in the world. But there's only one you. And the only person who has your point of view is…

— Neil Gaiman

Artists with serious aspirations need to be left alone to follow the course of their own imagination.

— Robert Genn

I think that, as artists, all we can do is be who we are. I think that if we do that, then we're automatically…

— Kelsea Ballerini

Artists have no choice but to express their lives.

— Anne Truitt