Art Quote by Roger Scruton

The genuine artist is never 'true to life.' He sees what is real, but not as we are normally aware of it. We do…

— Wallace Stevens

“It always surprises me when people assume that something an artist has created is based on a true experience or reflects his or her…

— Michael Jackson

The world doesn't need an artist who shows reality as it is

— Marina Abramovic

A true artist is driven by the never-ending desire to create.

— Lee Hammond

A real artist is the one who has learned to recognize and to render... the 'radiance' of all things as an epiphany or showing…

— Joseph Campbell

To be an artist is a blessing and a privilege. Artists must never betray their true hearts. Artists must look beneath the surface and…

— Marvin Gaye

The artist must yield himself to his own inspiraton, and if he has a true talent, no one knows and feels better than he…

— Giuseppe Verdi

“Any artist is insulted by the suggestion that art is merely a matter of recording reality, and knows that it is impossible to explain…

— Joan Lindsay

Artists have a tremendous purpose in society, which is to continually expose, to continually challenge and to never stop producing. To never stop creating,…

— Andrea Suarez Paz

The real artist is striving to depict his subject's character and to stress the caricature, but at least it is art which is alive.

— William Dobell

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

— Jon Pareles

The real artists are ultimately people who don't consider their audience and are almost incapable of considering their audience. They can do what they…

— Steven Wilson