Artist Quotes

As the artist picks his way along, rejecting and accepting as he goes, certain patterns of enquiry emerge.

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above.

I was a scam artist in high school for a while.

Part of the joy of looking at art is getting in sync in some ways with the decision-making process that the artist used and the record that's embedded in the work.

As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member.

I consider myself an artist. God granted me some gifts so that I could express myself artistically.

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

You have a right to your opinion about the work that you're doing. An artist is as equally important as the director. If you believe that, you can work in any circumstances.

An artist should remain true. Otherwise his talent, like his stomach, grows fat and stuffy.

Every artist in the world likes his or her work to make people think.

I think my father would have liked to have been an artist, actually. But I think he didn't quite have perhaps the drive or, I don't know, I mean he had a family to bring up I suppose.

I don't mean that if you're a Christian, walking close to God, you will immediately gain celebrity. you may fail as an artist, because you may not have what the public want at that time, and you have to be prepared for that.

As a fashion designer, I was always aware that I was not an artist, because I was creating something that was made to be sold, marketed, used, and ultimately discarded.

He was one of those inexplicable gifts of nature, an artist who leaps over boundaries, changes our nervous systems, creates a new language, transmits new kinds of joy to our startled senses and spirits.

The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you.

People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that I'm a jolly chap, and after all, that is what I am. I think it's a case of an absolute romantic naivety that there should be a parallel between the work and the artist.

I always knew that I wanted to be an artist.

As an adult (after college) and as an artist I thought about what was real, what sustained me - it was Christian Science. I was using that when I didn't know it. Saying yes to the Light and your better instinct.

An artist is someone who should raise questions rather than give answers. I have no message.

No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.

An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.

I think that an artist is a bit like a computer. He receives information from the world around him and from his past and from his own experiences. And it all goes into the brain.

If you're a musician and an artist, you don't just stop.

As an artist you actually do have to make a choice to be an outsider. If you're an outsider you have the freedom to say what people on the inside don't dare to say.

My work as an artist is completely separate from my work as a philanthropist.

I guess if you take yourself seriously as an artist there starts either the problem or the beauty of doing good artwork.

Sixteen million colors in your palette are hard for any artist, especially a beginner, to turn down.

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web.

I write scripts in storyboard fashion using stick figures, and thought balloons and word balloons and captions. Then I'll write descriptions of what scenes should look like and turn it over to the artist.

Once an artist explores the vast variety of tools and features available on the great programs, we're hooked.