Art Quote by Robert Mapplethorpe Download Open image “I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess.” — Robert Mapplethorpe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Art Artist Attributes I am selfish Selfish
To be honest, I'm selfish as an artist. I'm doing what I want to do and what I want to hear. — Tierra Whack Copy Share Image
An artist has to be selfish; otherwise, he's not true to his own art. — Peter Frampton Copy Share Image
The definition of an artist, for me, is someone who is quite selfish about their creativity. — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
I do think that it is one of the eternal questions about art, though - is all art intrinsically selfish? — Liza Campbell Copy Share Image
But I do think I'm quite a selfish performer in the sense that I'm not one of those that's like 'Hey, come on everybody… — Katie Melua Copy Share Image
I'm very selfish in that I make music for myself, not for other people; I kind of only think about other people afterwards when… — Charli XCX Copy Share Image
This has been my struggle for years - the pull between wanting to be in the spotlight and yet also to make a difference… — Kelly Carlin-McCall Copy Share Image
I'm selfish, I think. I think an artist has to be. I'm not worried about what people think. I play the parts that I… — Denzel Washington Copy Share Image
I think it all comes back to being very selfish as an artist. I mean, I really do just write and record what interests… — David Bowie Copy Share Image
I think for anyone who follows the 'artistic life,' a certain amount of selfishness and self-involvement is part of the package. You're probably already… — David Chase Copy Share Image
I'm very selfish. I make music that I love because I only live once, and I'm an artist. I don't try to revolt against… — Yngwie Malmsteen Copy Share Image
People don't have time to wait for somebody to paint their portraits anymore. The money is in photography. — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
The more pictures you see, the better you are as a photographer. — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates. — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
I went into photography because it seemed like the perfect vehicle for commenting on the madness of today's existence. — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
Whenever you make love to someone, there should be three people involved - you, the other person, and the devil. — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
If a day goes by without my doing something related to photography, it's as though I've neglected something essential to my existence, as though… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
I became the toast of London. A lot of people I met came from these really decadent families where the married men were gay… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
If I had been born one or two hundred years ago, I might have been a sculptor, but photography is a very quick way… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
I was a Catholic boy, I went to church every Sunday. A church has a certain magic and mystery for a child. It still… — Robert Mapplethorpe Copy Share Image
True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.” — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your… — Aaron Rose Copy Share Image
The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists… — Justina Chen Headley Copy Share Image
“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it… — Taf Teh Copy Share Image
The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative. — Adolf Loos Copy Share Image
During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art. — Herbert Spencer Copy Share Image
In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are… — Robert Aris Willmott Copy Share Image
I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And… — G-Dragon Copy Share Image
