1,307 Quotes About Artists

When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

Cherish your own emotions and never under-value them. We are not here to do what has already been done.

But why? Why do you care about our class’s history?" "I just do. Besides, I need something to put on my art-school applications besides ’Locks self in room and draws all day.’ Even art schools won’t take a psychopath.

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

It is possible, however, that the artist is both thin-skinned and prophetic and, like the canary lowered into the mine shaft to test the air, has caught a whiff of something lethal.

Performers try harder.

Writing is like gardening. Planting, watering, and weeding are not enough. You have to prune if you want growth.

Lucien, women are wondrous, mysterious, and magical creatures, who should be treated not only with respect but with reverence, perhaps even awe. Now go sweep the steps.

...and as far as talent is concerned, there will be such an excess that our artists will become their own audiences, and audiences made up of ordinary people will no longer exist.