Artist Quotes
Critics are only concerned with what affects them. And feeling empathy is a gift not many possess.
She must disappear for a time from the human surface, And sacrifice everything for this, To recreate herself from the depths of her world.
I write things down because my thoughts get too heavy in my head and it hurts my neck.
Just a beginner, but he learned so fast. Everything came so damn easy to him. Not true. The hard things cam easy. But the easy things he found impossibly hard.
Poetry isn’t an island, it is the bridge. Poetry isn’t a ship, it is the lifeboat. Poetry isn’t swimming. Poetry is water.
Better farPursue a frivolous trade by serious means, Than a sublime art frivolously.
If you’re going to be an artist, you’ve got to make your work your best friend, that you can go to whatever you’re feeling, and have a conversation with it.
All art forms possess liberty beyond space and time, yet grounded by urgency of now, and a breath of truth.
The purpose of art is to create heavens to balance the world because there are so many hells in the world, there are wars, tortures and oppressions, there is unhappiness etc.
It is a dangerous thing to substitute reading or writing for living. Live first, then write.
There is no revelation in my words. I am merely stating what others have forgotten to write down.
I am not an actress. I am a mistress of disguise. Acting happens to be one of the perks
The dictators, commanders or emperors who want to conquer the world soon realize that the world has already been conquered by the artists and their arts!
Pop is about speaking everybody's language. The imagery and iconography we instantly recognize. When you can rely on things that the public already knows, you're dealing with Pop.
The special calling of the artist is to call the world to a kind of rest or remind it of its restlessness
All types and levels of art are beautiful, because art is beautiful, creativity is gorgeous and the artist itself is a masterpiece already.
She was in awe of all his work. 'How do you do it?" she asked.He smiled and said, 'By loving you.
I romanticize life the way artists see scenery or a dreamer gazes up at the stars.
Creativity is the brain's invisible muscle -- that when used and excercised routinely -- becomes better and stronger.
A very fine artist can take something quite ordinary and, through sheer artistry and willpower, turn it into a work of art.
Not every artistic person should have to be a photographer, but every photographer should be artistic.
Every piece of art has a buyer. Only Time decides when the right buyer will see it.
That kind of pursuit is not beneficial to mankind: art for self aggrandizement at the cost of love.
I create beautiful art, so I can look back on the life my body fell short of in such a way that it brings me peace.
He printed business cards celebrating his shift. They read, 'Ars gratia pecuniae.' Translated, it meant, 'Art for money's sake.
Sometimes people are shocked by what I do, but I'm not trying to be liked, I speak my mind and I don't care what people think. I truly do not compromise on who I am.
I love the idea of reincarnation, so just in case it doesn't exist, I decided to be different people in the same lifetime.
I'm a Baroque person. More than Baroque, I'm a Rococo person. I don't draw straight lines.
Some artists benefit less from being interviewed than they do from being left alone.
France, stop throwing awards at me! I have so many already, give them to people who need them.
Nothing seems to me more tragic than the pressures we put on artists to do what we think we'll like, and our refusal to prize what is most ornery and special about them.
Not only the artist watches his art with admiration but his art also watches his artist with admiration!