1,307 Quotes About Artists

... but now men who could work preferred to beg, and the artists forgot that their calling was noble and became imitators instead of creators, charging exorbitant sums for the rubbish they churned out with one eye closed.

Practicing your craft in expert fashion is noble, honorable, and satisfying. And I'll generally take a stand-up mercenary who takes pride in his professionalism over an artist any day.

I need to be strong enough to move away on my own, to pull Mom's hooks out of my heart, to forget about Uncle Max. I need to be strong enough to carry all the guilt of what happened to my family because of me.

The most visible creators are those artists whose medium is life itself. The ones who express the inexpressible ~ without brush, hammer, clay, or guitar. They neither paint nor sculpt. Their medium is simply being. Whatever their presence touches has increased life. They see, but don't have to draw...Because they are the artists of being alive... :) ~ ☆ ~ Donna J. Stone

It’s easy to imagine that artists doubted their calling less when working in the service of God than when working in the service of self.

So many great artists, writers, and other creative visionaries end up depressed and suicidal. When you feel like no one understands you, but at the same time you understand so many people to the core of their soul...the outlook can appear pretty grim.

The only real geniuses are artists: Yeats, Picasso, Garcia, Marquez- geniuses.

That particular heat-induced madness that leads one to paint polka dots on every surface of one's house, or compulsively carve angels and scrawl Scripture across their faces. Southerners are loath, even now, to claim the title of artiste outright. It feels uppity. Disconnected, Not of the land. Not part of history.-- Allison Glock

You’re going to bedI’m just waking upYou say NamoiI say helloYou have blonde hairI’m a brunetteWe’re both artistsWith different interpretationsStaying up late to talk to each otherThose differences and similarities are what makes our friendship so special