Artist Quotes

Once in his lifetime every artist feels the hand of God and creates something that comes alive.

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth-and then there's a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth, but he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for, my moment. It's the moment that the audience falls in love.

I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.

The artist need not know very much; best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks.

My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in general. And that's the reason I went to college and got my degree, which has been great for me. It's helped me a lot with my career.

I see myself as an artist who happens to do cartoons.

Pollock was well known, certainly, but for all the wrong reasons. He was known as much for being wild and unconventional in his working methods as for being a great artist.

No one likes to work for free. To copy an artist's work and download it free is stealing. It's hard work writing and recording music, and it's morally wrong to steal it.

As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment.

The freedom of every artist is essential.

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

For a long time I wanted to be a comic strip artist but when I started doing them in my teens they were getting really elaborate with tons of poses and a lot of information.

I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world.

The ego certainly is the biggest obstacle as an artist or performer, so any chance you get to destroy that is really healthy.

I don't believe that I should just do A-movies, I just do the work as an artist.

The crucial discovery was made that, in order to become painting, the universe seen by the artist had to become a private one created by himself.

The first prerogative of an artist in any medium is to make a fool of himself.

No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger.

I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words.

I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.

I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist.

I think most paintings are a record of the decisions that the artist made. I just perhaps make them a little clearer than some people have.

When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight.

I think the best thing an artist can do is not hang out with other artists. I really dislike hanging out with musicians, for the most part, except for a few select friends, because I don't like to talk about music all the time.

A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times.

Once you're a Motown artist, that's your stigmatism, and I was there from the very first day.

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist.

The decision to use only the name Christo was made deliberately when we were young because it is difficult for one artist to get established and we wanted to put all the chances on our side.

The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one.