Animosity Quote by Thomas Kinkade

I think people are intolerant of artists.

— David Chase

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

All artists, no matter who they are, have always come into contact with criticism. No one's gonna like what you do 100 percent of…

— Erika Jayne

And it's always the same kind of artist, I think, who has more enjoyment being slightly on the outside of things, who doesn't want…

— David Bowie

Most artists are notoriously insecure, and I fall into that category.

— Anita Baker

It isn't that I dislike artists, but I can't stand anyone who puts on those ponderous airs of a man of character.

— Osamu Dazai

There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.

— Mos Def

I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your…

— Aaron Rose

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

— Johnny Van Zant

But you know in the contemporary art world, you pose a very interesting conundrum. All sorts of people collect very contemporary art, yet when…

— Michael Tilson Thomas

Many of the artists are not pretending to have an objective point of view. They're revealing the subjectivity.

— Massimiliano Gioni

Every artist wants to feel like they're still valid in a contemporary way. But you can't be so arrogant not to think that people…

— Dennis DeYoung