Art Quote by Rollo May

Artists are the antennae of the race, but the bullet-headed many will never learn to trust the great artists.

— Ezra Pound

You can usually tell when people aren't being authentic, but that goes for every artist, not just white artists.

— Yelawolf

Artists are the gatekeepers of truth. We are civilization’s anchor. We are the compass for humanity’s conscience.

— Harry Belafonte

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

The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.

— Talib Kweli

“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

Many of us believe that 'real artists' do not experience self-doubt. In truth, artists are people who have learned to live with doubt and…

— Julia Cameron

Every race, every art has its hypocrisy. The world is fed with a little truth and many lies.

— Romain Rolland

I think that all artists, regardless of degree of talent, are a painful, paradoxical combination of certainty and uncertainty, of arrogance and humility, constantly…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter…

— James Broughton

I just feel like we as a human race tend to fear that which we don't understand. It's cause for a lot of bad…

— Billy Porter

Artists are sometimes in a position to tell the truth, but they're positioned as a Cassandra. They're gifted with impeccable prophecy and the assurance…

— Peter Schjeldahl