Art Quote by Sam Starbuck

“What if you start to think of your art in terms of sales, too? Can you still be true to yourself?”

— Kevin Emerson

Who said that artists should sell their soul, expose everything about themselves?

— Vanessa Paradis

“To be an artist means a lifetime of being told no, with the occasional yes showing up just to give you enough hope to…

— Jami Attenberg

“The price an artist pays for doing what he wants is that he has to do it.”

— William S. Burroughs

“I tell you, Richard, if you ever get ready to sell your soul, don’t bother to sell it to another human being. It’s bad…

— Anne Rice

“An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn’t know why they choose him and he’s usually too busy to wonder why. He…

— William Faulkner

“Let me say this as strongly as I can.  Selling your art work or creations is not the easy way out or a way…

— Julie Merrett

“Is not one’s art made out of the struggle in one’s soul?”

— Orna Ross

“A true great artist at heart never ceases to create, continuously amazes and keeps sharing his gift despite barriers, judgement, fears and dreaded myths.…

— Elizabeth E. Castillo

“If you are a real artist, you give your whole being to your art. Anything short of that, then you are not an artist.”

— John Fowles

“Art is a spirit and soul thing. Anything else is mere desperation.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson

“There have been times I've felt so much art in my soul I grew sick of artists.”

— Criss Jami