Art Quote by Taboo

A lot of artists don't survive, do they? You work very hard and finally you get what you want and it destroys you.

— Joyce Johnson

I think that all artists, regardless of degree of talent, are a painful, paradoxical combination of certainty and uncertainty, of arrogance and humility, constantly…

— Madeleine L'Engle

Some of you are doomed to be artists.

— Martha Graham

Most artists are always fighting for their fame. They have that fear, like the saying goes, "out of sight, out of mind." They need…

— Chuck D

There's something peculiar about artists. They have ups and downs... After a while everything you do is just wonderful... then you slide back. If…

— Milton Resnick

So many artists try to be something that they're not.

— Johnny Van Zant

There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists. There are good things and bad things about being an artist, and the good thing is, sometimes you…

— David Bowie

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

I just feel like we as a human race tend to fear that which we don't understand. It's cause for a lot of bad…

— Billy Porter

Artists are... stubborn egomaniacs who are mysteriously - and sometimes correctly - certain that the world needs to know all about the figments of…

— Jon Pareles

There are lots of artists in the world. But there's only one you. And the only person who has your point of view is…

— Neil Gaiman

Artists are the worst [people]. They are selfish, self-centred; they don't care what happens.

— Ai Weiwei