Art Quote by Wendy Ewald

I suppose for me as an artist it wasn't always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute…

— David Bowie

I was very into making the Big Artistic Statement - it had to be innovative; it had to be cutting edge. I was desperately…

— David Bowie

I somehow sensed when I was a teenager that I wanted to do my own work. I was quite clear that I didn't want…

— Meredith Monk

I always felt that my work hadn't much to do with art; my admirations for other art had very little room to show themselves…

— Lucian Freud

I just wanted to be an artist. I didn't care how or what; I just wanted to express my artistic integrity, and I wanted…

— Rita Ora

Up until 35 I had a slightly skewed world view. I honestly believed everybody in the world wanted to make abstract paintings, and people…

— Frank Stella

Something in me was instinctively drawn to the life of a misunderstood, brilliant and wilful artist. I wanted to become one.

— John Lloyd Young

It was a natural path for me, being an artist. Both my parents were artists. I was surrounded by it and I instinctively was…

— Arik Roper

The art world was not initially really accepting my kind of work. I was ahead of my time.

— Yoko Ono

It was almost like I gravitated toward the people who were encouraging me to be like myself and to be creative and be different.

— Tobin Heath

Art was something I could do better. It gave me a sense of self.

— Jeff Koons