Art Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin

Is there really any relationship between artists' personal conduct and their art? Certainly not.

— Fred Kaplan

So ultimately, it's idealistic to think that artists are able to step away from the power of the media and the way it controls…

— Thom Yorke

Relationships of any kind are powerful, and they always influence an artist. It's inescapable.

— Jack White

Not every work of art connects with the audience.

— Sanjay Leela Bhansali

An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist

— Stephen Stills

A lot of artists are much more concerned about how their work is used and how it's disseminated. That, to artists, is as important…

— Hilary Rosen

To me, the ideal artist-to-audience relationship is a one-to-zero relationship. The artist should be granted anonymity.

— Glenn Gould

“Art needs motives that are more profound than profit if it is to maintain its difference from—and position above—other cultural forms.”

— Sarah Thornton

I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.

— Jeff Koons

The relationship between the public and the artist is complex and difficult to explain. There is a fine line between using this critical energy…

— Andy Goldsworthy

“When artists choose to support rather than compete, they forge bonds of artistic kinship that transcend envy, laying the foundation for a legacy of…

— Henry Johnson Jr

Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art…

— Philippe Petit