Advice Quote by Seth Godin

When I'm at my best, I'm trying to destabilize myself and figure out new ways of approaching art as a provocation. I think I…

— Kehinde Wiley

At best doing art you feel like you're led by something that doesn't involve you.

— Doseone

Being an artist, it's always tempting to measure success through other people's eyes, be they critics, journalists or audiences.

— Sara Blecher

Art helped give me confidence.

— Jeff Koons

Believing in yourself and what you do is so important. It took me a long time to find that confidence. If you're an artist…

— Kate Voegele

Don't be proud of what you know, and don't be self-confident if you are learned. Be open to advice from the unlearned as well…

— Barbara De Angelis

If you want to make a difference with art, which is a motive I perceive as questionable, then the single most stupid approach would…

— Hito Steyerl

The pursuit of art is a delicate balance between influence and self-assertiveness. As self-realized artists, we all have different levels of tolerance for this…

— Robert Genn

There is an exercise I teach at colleges: Get yourself a canvas and a bunch of acrylics and go into a very dimly lighted…

— Buffy Sainte-Marie

Your attitude is more important than the events happening around you. Artists develop a syndrome taught in art schools. It is a malady titled,…

— Jack White

Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do. Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to…

— William Faulkner

As artists, it's tempting to forget the audience's needs. Too often, we're self-centered and self-indulgent in what we share with the world. We're prideful,…

— Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick