A true artist is pleased the most by the sight of his or her work at work.

Only great artists have the wisdom to let go of good ideas.

Some of the people who hate me love some of the sentences that I have written, until they get to the name of the person to whom the sentences are attributed.

An artist that makes art merely to meet a demand is a slave to what his patrons wants to see, or, hear.

Some artists benefit less from being interviewed than they do from being left alone.

As useful as an unhappy artist. As useless as a happy philosopher.

An angry artist tells people what (he thinks) they need to hear. A hungry artist tells people what (he thinks) they want to hear.

Comfort rarely produces great art.

Being rich is an untalented artist’s consolation prize.