Art Quote by Vladimir Nabokov

“It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realize his ideal.”

— Oscar Wilde

“The more one suffered and lived, the more one had known of joy and grief, the deeper the response must be if an artist…

— Rachel Field

“Artists thrive on suffering.”

— Irving Stone

“Art failed death as much as religion failed life, leaving me un prepared for either”

— Chris Haslam

“. . . No matter how screwed up the artist might be, there's still the chance that they can produce art that people like…

— Charles Martin

“Well, nothing helps an artist’s career more than a little death and obscurity, I always say.”

— Dan Simmons

“No true artist is possible without sorrow and suffering and renunciation.”

— Jessie Fothergill

“tragedy is suffering elevated into art, it’s art that helps humans endure—and sometimes even transcend—their suffering. It’s”

— Jean Hegland

Any great artist is wrestling with their sadness and loneliness, their fears, anxieties and securities, and they're transfiguring those into complicated forms of expression…

— Cornel West

“Tragic art is the organization of a small portion of an otherwise meaningless world that gives purpose to an individual existence.”

— Joshua Foa Dienstag

“Something is always born out of too deep grief. Just when you grope for balance, art is born out of a compelling desire to…

— Jayita Bhattacharjee

“The artist's job is not to succumb to despair, but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existance”

— Woody Allen