1,307 Quotes About Artists

When you are searching for perfection... Time does not exist.

You have given intelligence to find one solution, and imagination to find ten.

A scientist is proud of his intelligence, an artist is proud of his imagination.

Who of us knows just why we do what we do, much less another's whys, or what we're after? Art is not like that; cut and dried and hit-at like a bull's eye and done for a reason and explained away by this or that motive. It's climbing and striving for something always beyond.

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

Art is in the eye of the beholder, and everyone will have their own interpretation.

And the more I think about it, the more frustrated I get by the entire concept of a backup plan. Because it only ever seems to pertain to people who are interested in art, music, theater--and yes, the circus. Nobody would ever dream of going up to someone in medical school and telling them, 'Gee, I really think you should have a backup plan. You know, just in case this doesn't work out for you.

Art has one purpose: To make a refreshing magical touch to one's soul!

True artists unburden their envies and work toward encouraging amateurs.