Art Quote by Woody Allen

The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence.

— Woody Allen

“My job as a poet, is not to succumb to despair but to find in words, an antidote for the emptiness of existence.”

— Michelle Geaney

The artist's job is to be a witness to his time in history.

— Robert Rauschenberg

An artist's job is to surprise himself. Use all means possible.

— Robert Henri

The artist’s job, I think, is to be a conduit for mystery.

— George Saunders

Peter used to say that an artist’s job is to make order out of chaos. You collect details, look for a pattern, and organize.…

— Chuck Palahniuk

As an artist, you have the job of working out whatever is given you to work out.

— Robert Hass

Our society and media have lost touch with the job of the artist. The job of the artist has been subordinated to the job…

— Terence Trent D'Arby

I think the artist's job throughout history has been to tell - to say things that people are inspired by.

— Russell Simmons

It’s an artist’s job to show people the world they live in. We hold up mirrors.

— Neil Gaiman

The artist's job, I think, is to be a conduit for mystery. To intuit it, and recognize that the story-germ has some inherent mystery…

— George Saunders

When I'm in a session with an artist, my job is to help execute their vision - so it's whatever story they're telling, and…

— Justin Tranter

Being an artist is a job for life.

— Brian Eno

“An artist's job is to make new clichés.”

— Grayson Perry

As a successful artist it is my job to give the indie scene as much of a push as I can.

— Badshah