3,247 Quotes About Artist

Without an element of vulgarity, no man can be a work of art...I have to try and think what an artist is, apart from a hooligan who cannot live within his income of praise.

Think not of the fragility of life, but of the power of books, when mere words can change our lives simply by being next to each other.

This is for everyone who has ever looked at the stars, or gazed from atop a hill, or across the sea and wondered...

The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.

The truth is, anyone who puts so much of herself and her life into art as you do must naturally fear any failure in that art as a potential threat to your life. And so you protect your art more than you protect your health or the common forms of happiness the rest of us have. And you probably have this in common with every artist you admire.

Love is artists' foremost muse.

There is only one thing left for you to do,” John Sloan advised one artist. “Pull off your socks and try with your feet.

Inspiration comes unawares, from unaccountable sources that have nothing to do with planning or intelligence. Let it cool ever so slightly, and you are left, pen or brush in hand, with no inspiration at all. Gifted people need not, therefore, make a song and dance about being or supposing themselves superior. They simply happened to be born with that fortunate, subconscious equipment of theirs, and the mystery exists independently of intelligence or ambition.

True art is thoughtful, emotional examination of how human themes impact the overall experience of existing. The rest is kitsch.