Art Quote by Robert Smithson

Most artists think they're frauds anyway.

— John Milius

Artists are notoriously snooty and suspicious of anything coming from the business community.

— David Byrne

Artists are... stubborn egomaniacs who are mysteriously - and sometimes correctly - certain that the world needs to know all about the figments of…

— Jon Pareles

... artists were intended to be an ornament to society. As a society in themselves they are unthinkable.

— Elizabeth Bowen

The industry is a menace to artists.

— Nikki Sixx

There's a cultural conviction that any 'artist' must have personal suffering to back up their work, otherwise there's something undeserved and therefore inauthentic about…

— Jenny Diski

There's a bunch of people who sit around and make excuses for themselves and get upset with artists, but you already know what this…

— Rico Love

So many artists try to be something that they're not.

— Johnny Van Zant

Artists probably should have some impenetrable aspects of themselves.

— Simon Callow

Artists are people who are not at all interested in the facts - only in the truth.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Artists are dishonest creatures really. They foist their version of reality upon us while making it all up. Writers, painters, musicians, auteurs—they’re all the…

— Anonymous

It's quite scary when academics start dictating to artists that they should be politically correct or follow certain rules of behavior - which means…

— Pieter Hugo