Admire Quote by Steven Moffat

The making of art is a profoundly social activity, even if it’s one-on-one with some sort of ideal reader who doesn’t exist.

— August Kleinzahler

A lot of people are intimated by art, but it's something to be revered beyond criticism.

— Hannah Gadsby

I do not enjoy the promotional side of being a writer, to be blunt about it. Even with the little amount that is expected…

— Rachel Kushner

It is precisely those artists and writers who are most inclined to think of their art as the manifestation of their personality who are…

— Simone Weil

There are very few good writers about art, and you either get art-fashion writing with trendy views or you get very traditional writing. Occasionally,…

— Marc Quinn

If you're a writer, you've chosen art as a way of life. You must accept that some will like your work and others will…

— Mark Rubinstein

There's a kind of perverseness or betrayal in that idea that art is somehow superior to life. Or that it's more important to write…

— Matthew Specktor

Today there are millions of people making stuff and putting it into the world: that's become part of our identity and it shouldn't be…

— David Karp

I know writers, and they seem to be the most disgruntled part of the art world.

— Jonathan Pryce

People want to be successful, and they want to be acknowledged for what they do. Sometimes they make really great art and aren't. Historically,…

— Devendra Banhart

If I ever meet a writer or a painter, I don't presuppose that they are like the work they are presenting.

— PJ Harvey

I think what makes people think that is because of things people write. It really doesn't have anything to do with the artist.

— Erykah Badu