Artist Quotes

Color helps to express light, not the physical phenomenon, but the only light that really exists, that in the artist's brain.

I panic every time I put out a record. I think every artist does.

An artist without obsession isn't worth a damn!

An artist, in my understanding of the word, should side with the people against the Emperor that oppresses his or her people.

I don't consider myself an artist. I consider myself a very opinionated man who uses words as fighting tools.

The thing I hate most is false modesty. The artists who are, like, "Oh, you know, I'm really not that good. Oh, I can't believe I'm here." I find it vaguely sinister, even.

I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates.

I played around with the flowers and the lighting, so that was a good way to educate myself

No, the thing to do is try to make a painting that will be alive in your own lifetime.

I see myself as a true modernist. Even when I do a traditional gown, I give it a modern twist. I go to the past for research. I need to know what came before so I can break the rules.

I work with structure, but I go outside the box and give it my own spin. I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes - where a woman's personality and sense of style are realized.

I feel like my mission is to be honest with myself. My mission is to share my truth - share, not give. I think that's what an artist is supposed to do: I think they share.

In the creative act, the artist goes from intention to realization through a chain of totally subjective reactions.

Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.

I'm not an industry artist - I'm an artist in the industry.

The war was a mirror; it reflected man's every virtue and every vice, and if you looked closely, like an artist at his drawings, it showed up both with unusual clarity.

Anybody who is born in Santa Rosa must turn out to be either an artist or a poet, for the spirit of the hills gets into your blood out there.

The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he does it without destroying something else.

I am an artist because the knot is so powerful I just can not, nor want to be, anything else or do anything else.

To me, editing is not something you can do in a rush because the artists themselves are not always their own best editors. Time is absolutely everything.

In general, and most especially with artists, I pay as much attention to the man who does the work, as to the work itself.

I am an artisan. I only became an artist when people watch what I do. That is when it becomes art.

Artists want to sell their work, sure. But they aren't out there asking questions about what people want and what they don't want, now are they?

Criticism? An artist wants praise. Praise.

The big artist .. . keeps a sharp eye on Nature and steals her tools.

The great creators-the thinkers, the artists, the scientists, the inventors-stood alone against the men of their time.

Footballers can be like artists when the mind and body are working as one. It is what Miles Davis does when he plays free jazz - everything pulls together into one intense moment that is beautiful.

Quite often, lyrics get misunderstood - and I never mind that. I guess what all artists want is for their work to touch someone or for it to bethought provoking.

I'm a really stoic artist. I'm serious a lot of times. I can joke and play sometimes, but most of the time, I'm stoic.

The artist ought to know that a thousand painful deaths always lead into greater life.

I used to tell everyone I met to be an artist..... I don't do that any more.

Time is not a great artist but weakens all he touches.

All the gossip and craziness becomes a kind of sustained narrative which, in turn, can become history. It's scary.

Artists must be sacrificed to their art.

The artist writes, paints, sings or dances the burden of some idea or feeling off his mind.

I think it's harder to make a classic now, not because of what people say, but because artists now are so concerned with what people say.

Drawing is the cornerstone of the graphic, plastic arts. Drawing is the coordination of line, tone, and color symbols into formations that express the artist's thought.

Every time I collaborate with an artist, I want to surprise fans. I want to do something new.

The technician should never forget that he is an artist, the artist never that he is a technician

As an artist, you have a path that you're on that evolves with the kinds of stories you want to tell.

It's really amazing that I was discovered and that I've been given these great opportunities to travel the world and work with amazing artists. I'm very blessed.

Watching something being constructed, whether you're passing a building site or whether you're watching an artist at work, is fascinating, and I think that's the enjoyment.

I don't really have a gimmick or a 'thing.' I'm one of the few artists who gets to be himself every day.

The orb came about because I wanted to do this kitsch sweater for Prince Charles when he went hunting and fishing with his kilt on.

It is well with me only when I have a chisel in my hand.

Magic is always there. Sometimes it just takes an artist to find it and show the rest of us where to look.

I'm not gonna say that I hate it, because I really respect Usher and I was influenced by him. But so many people compare me to him, and I don't think it'll ever stop. I just want to be my own artist.

To some extent I happily don't know what I'm doing. I feel that it's an artist's responsibility to trust that.

Everyone should eat hashish, but only once.

Inside you there’s an artist you don’t know about… say yes quickly, if you know, if you’ve known it from before the beginning of the universe.