Art Quote by Richard Yates

Can you really think artists and writers are the only people entitled to lives of their own?

— Richard Yates

“An artist does not create the way he lives, he lives the way he creates.”

— Jean Lescure

“Writers are the most tormented of all the different categories of artists that are out there in the world.”

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“No matter what might be said, access to the artistic universe is more or less entirely the preserve of those who are a little…

— Anonymous

“It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realize his ideal.”

— Oscar Wilde

“. . . No matter how screwed up the artist might be, there's still the chance that they can produce art that people like…

— Charles Martin

“If we are artists- hell, whether or not we're artists- it is our job, our responsibility, perhaps even our sacred calling, to take whatever…

— Dani Shapiro

“I have so many people in my head, I can't keep up with the real people around me. But it's okay, I'm a writer.”

— Shannon Taylor Vannatter

“Any artist who has ever created something worthwhile has done so by staying true to himself. You can't do it any other way.”

— Jerrod Edson

“We don't often see our own stories. Good artists are the ones that whisper our own stories back to us.”

— Tori Amos

“Many people are dead inside which is why they crave the living artists creative truth.”

— Bryant McGill

“A plausible mission of artists is to make people appreciate being alive, at least a little bit…”

— Kurt Vonnegut, Jr