Art Quote by Samuel Beckett

To be an artist is to fail, as no other dare to fail... failure is his world and the shrink from it desertion

— Marcel Proust

There is no such thing as failure for an artist, unless failure is the refusal to attempt, the unwillingness to dream.

— Laurence Overmire

An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one.

— Charles Horton Cooley

At times failure is very necessary for the artist. It reminds him that failure is not the ultimate disaster. And this reminder liberates him…

— John Berger

As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail.

— John Cassavetes

All art is failure. How one fails is a different matter.

— Luc Tuymans

Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy.

— Montgomery Clift

“To be an artist was to have failure as your constant bedfellow.”

— M. Thomas Gammarino

An artist, a man, a failure, must proceed.

— e. e. cummings

An artist's failures are as valuable as his successes: by misjudging one thing he conforms something else, even if at the time he does…

— Bridget Riley

A great artist has to be ready to fail.

— Marina Abramovic

A true artist could and should create till the day they die. You don't ever fail as an artist until you quit being an…

— Christian Keiber