An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours.

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

Because it will make a real artist of you. The more you suffer, the more grateful you ought to be. An empty stomach is better than a full one, Van Gogh, and a broken heart is better than happiness. Never forget that!

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

Nature always resists the artist at the beginning.