Art Quote by Roman Genn

The only artists I have ever known who are personally delightful are bad artists. Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently…

— Oscar Wilde

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.

— Jean Cocteau

Good artists exist in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.

— Dave Eggers

I think that a lot of times you have artists that try to deliver a positive message.

— Big Daddy Kane

Bad artists ignore the darkness of human existence. Good artists often get stuck there. Great artists embrace the full catastrophe of our condition and…

— Anonymous

Great artists are the ones who have put their entire selves out there to be adored, humiliated, to be picked at, cherished, all of…

— Carmen Ejogo

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

There is no one harder to live with than an artist. Therefore an artist is a real gift because he or she raises the…

— David Steindl-Rast

The hallmark of an artist is generosity.

— T Bone Burnett

When you celebrate somebody's bad work on the terms that define their good work, how can that artist have anything but contempt for an…

— Greil Marcus

Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred; they don't care what happens.

— Ai Weiwei

Bad artists always admire each others work.

— Oscar Wilde