Art Quote by Semir Zeki

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 think artists can go to a level of vision that can often save us from a situation which seems to have no solution…

— Susan Griffin

“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 are most themselves when they are out of their minds, transcending the ego skirmishes of conceptual thought, and intuitively relinquishing control to the…

— Alex Grey

Artists can have greater access to reality; they can see patterns and details and connections that other people, distracted by the blur of life,…

— Jay-Z

Art’s only concern with the real is to abolish it, and to substitute for it a new reality

— Jean Rousset

By translating their inner turmoil or understanding into art, artists challenge the accepted notions of reality and create new ones.

— Wes Nisker

“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

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

— Marina Abramovic

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

Artists are the people that no matter what, pick up the pen, pick up a paintbrush. They take the time to translate what is…

— Anna Deavere Smith

Artists change how we see the world - and that can have value in the way people do business.

— John Maeda