Artist Quotes

Wasn't the whole point of being an artist, or at least part of it, that you didn't have to wear a tie?

Bleed me of art, and there won't be enough liquid left in me to spit! [Michelangelo Buonorotti]

The awakening an artist must be ruthless, not only with herself but with others.

When you steal from an artist you are stealing their blood, sweat and tears.

Works of Art are of an infinite loneliness.

An artist may visit a museum but only a pedant can live there.

I'm an artist. So if acting doesn't work out, which I hope it does, I'm probably going to go into graphic design or something like that.

I love a lot of the New York bands, but Patti Smith stands out. I just read 'Just Kids' and it's an inspirational, well-written account of an emerging New York artist in the late seventies.

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist.

The biggest challenge, I think for any new artist, is patience.

Amazingly, I've been sort of an anomaly in the music industry. I feel like I've been able to exist as kind of a throwback artist.

Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good.

I don't think [price] reflects if the work is good or bad.A good artist shouldn't be nervous about that.

You really need to stop Googling yourself and start being an artist.

The artists who the world has always recognized as the greatest are those with the widest sympathy. The greatness of the great artist depends precisely on the width and the intensity of his sympathy.

You really can't be a good artist if you can't say what you really feel. And people may be offended, but, you know, that's how you feel, and that is your right, and that is your gift as well.

I think that being an artist is more an approach to life than an approach to work.

I'm not necessarily interested in being the best Indian artist. I want to be the best artist I can be. That's enough of a declaration of intent.

[Abbas Kiarostami] is a great artist and a poet. I sometimes think that if Samuel Beckett made films, he'd make them like Kiarostami makes them.

It was a natural path for me, being an artist. Both my parents were artists. I was surrounded by it and I instinctively was drawn toward it, and received a lot of encouragement.

As much as I love being an artist, I love being a mom even more.

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

Everyone wants to know what kind of music their favorite artist listens to. It feels good to. I don't try to dwell on that too much though.

As struggles go, being an artist isn't that much of one.

Being an artist is a job for life.

I don't know if many people realize that Dolph Lundgren is a chemical engineer. He's not a dumb blond guy. This guy is smart and he's a martial artist.

The first time I sang with David Daniels... I had never performed with a countertenor before. That first time was magic, it was so beautiful. And he's such a great artist.

Women are emotional! And being an artist and a woman is probably more difficult because you have more stuff to overcome.

Every kid wants to reach their goals in life and be the best. During my Bruce Lee phase, I wanted to be the best martial artist in the world.

If my legs are showing, the makeup artist adds a tiny amount of foundation to body lotion and rubs it in.

I always thought being an artist was a lazy job. I was wrong.

Good artists exist in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.

Let it be said that the makeup artist at '90210' made me look better for the fake red carpet than I've ever looked on an actual red carpet.

Whether it's just the career path of doing independent music, being an artist, however you want to pigeon-hole it, it creates a certain type of character.

That's just a part of being an artist: you can't write great stuff all the time, because if you did, then you'd be inhuman. The human side of people is that sometimes they fail.

Part of the business of being an artist is abetting talent. The best do that.

[My mother] would have me smothered like the Princes in the Tower if I showed any inclination for being an artist. She thought all artists little better than lunatics.

I was a big fan of Jean-Claude Van-Damme growing up, and I always wanted to be a martial artist 'cause of him.

I've never been able to understand where great artists come from.

The great artist is conscious of the talent and power he possesses otherwise he would not see his faults and so would not be able to improve.

I'm terminally dissatisfied. That's probably part of being an artist.

Merce is my favorite artist in any field.

My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan.

A way you can get really good abs in film is you get your makeup artist to paint shadows - faux washboard. But if you see me in a movie and I have great abs, it means I have a great body double.

A great artist has a unique vision...obsession. They are someone willing to fail flamboyantly.

I didn't come after Elvis and Dylan, I've been around always. But if I see or meet a great artist, I love 'em.

No amount of pay ever made a good soldier, a good teacher, a good artist, or a good workman.

[Phil Wood] was a great artist, and he knew things. He could be mildly conversant in several languages.

To be a great artist, you have to be willing to take risks and to do things that no one would ever pay you for - at first.

I guess I am ruthless too because that's what makes a great artist. But I also respect people, I don't go around stepping on their heads.