Approval Quote by Robert Genn

When an artist leaves his work to amuse people, he loses his time and their respect. If people are to be amused by artists,…

— William Morris Hunt

“USURY: Everybody's looking for the job in which you never have to pay anyone their pound of flesh. Self-employed nirvana. A lot of artists…

— Zadie Smith

Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.

— Benjamin Walker

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

— Richard Avedon

A lot of artists are much more concerned about how their work is used and how it's disseminated. That, to artists, is as important…

— Hilary Rosen

I always maintain that artists do not have any responsibility to do anything except cause no harm and do whatever we want to do…

— Ezra Furman

So ultimately, it's idealistic to think that artists are able to step away from the power of the media and the way it controls…

— Thom Yorke

I guess what all artists want is for their work to touch someone or for it to be thought provoking.

— Kate Bush

I believe that a truly valuable artist must be an artist who realizes the impossibility of his task -and then continues to do it.

— Keith Jarrett

What happens with artists, or people who start off doing things for the right reasons, is that you slowly start to paint yourself into…

— Lindsey Buckingham

Artists are modest. They know they're not doing the work; they're just taking dictation.

— Steven Pressfield

Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing - then…

— Andrew Wyeth