Art Quote by Wilfrid Sheed

Movements are overrated and invented by the press. Ask any artist if they feel or felt part of a movement - the good ones…

— Matthew Slotover

Everybody is bound by some social rules. But I think that artists need some kind of freedom to explore their minds and that some…

— Anne Roiphe

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

Every artist has his or her struggle to work out in their work. The more powerful the struggle, the more persuasive the art.

— Philip Schultz

In any society, the artist has a responsibility. His effectiveness is certainly limited and a painter or writer cannot change the world. But they…

— Luis Bunuel

“Any artist who fails to engage with society and the vulnerability of the individual in a cruel existence should not style him-or herself an…

— Lena Andersson

People should stop thinking that an artist that controls what he does is a bad thing. A lot of artists today are just victims,…

— Daft Punk

All artists are redundant about their own style; they can't escape themselves.

— J. J. Cale

Artists have no less talents than ever, their taste, their vision, their sentiment are often interesting; they are mighty in their independence and feeble…

— George Santayana

It's always an interesting thing that happens between an artist and their work. People collapse the two, and for any artist, there will be…

— Sarah Morris

All artists are anarchists in some way - some more extreme than others, but it's something that I think artists are supposed to do.…

— Robert Zemeckis

Great artistic talent in any direction... is hardly inherent to the man. It comes and goes; it is often possessed only for a short…

— Hilaire Belloc