Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures. Votes: 7
Henry Ward BeecherTo send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist. Votes: 4
Robert SchumannNo amount of skillful invention can replace the essential element of imagination. Votes: 3
Edward HopperArt is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. Votes: 3
Leo TolstoyEvery child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. Votes: 3
Pablo PicassoIt took me four years to paint like Raphael, but a lifetime to paint like a child. Votes: 3
Pablo PicassoArt is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. Votes: 3
Andre GideThe artist is not a special kind of man, but every man is a special kind of artist. Votes: 3
Ananda CoomaraswamyAll true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness. Votes: 3
Eckhart TolleAn intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way. Votes: 3
Charles BukowskiA true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public are to him non-existent Votes: 2
Oscar WildeAn original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Votes: 2
Jean CocteauTrue artists unburden their envies and work toward encouraging amateurs. Votes: 1
Aniruddha SastikarA magician with decreasing practice sessions will give defective performances. Votes: 1
Amit KalantriThe great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity. Votes: 1
Guy de MaupassantArrogance kills Creativity, Curiosity and Passion. Stop it and you'll learn more. Votes: 1
Steeven ShawBeing passionate about something is the most beautiful characteristic you can develop. Votes: 1
Charlotte ErikssonIf you put your heart into everything you do, you will recreate yourself. Votes: 1
Lailah Gifty AkitaAn artist must be passionately in love with her art. Obsessed or possesse Votes: 1
Charlotte ErikssonWhen the melody plays, footsteps move, heart sings and spirit begin to dance. Votes: 1
Shah Asad RizviOk! So that's the spice. Typical gossips for or against a qualified newcomer! Votes: 1
Koral DasguptaAn artist who conforms to conventional ideas is nothing but a mere charlatan. Votes: 1
Michael Bassey JohnsonYou have given intelligence to find one solution, and imagination to find ten. Votes: 1
Amit KalantriThoughts are like burning stars, and ideas, they flood, they stretch the universe. Votes: 1
Criss JamiDance like a holy breeze invades the spirit and fills it with divine grace. Votes: 1
Shah Asad RizviIn my experience, what every true artist wants, really wants, is to be paid. Votes: 1
Terry PratchettFor me, the camera is a sketch book, an instrument of intuition and spontaneity. Votes: 1
Henri Cartier-BressonAn artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours. Votes: 1
Irving StoneEvery time feet move in search of dance, lips find smiles million galaxies wide. Votes: 1
Shah Asad RizviA scientist is proud of his intelligence, an artist is proud of his imagination. Votes: 1
Amit KalantriIf you wish to break with tradition, learn your craft well, and embrace adversity Votes: 1
Soke Behzad AhmadiPersonality begins where comparison leaves off. Be unique. Be memorable. Be confident. Be proud. Votes: 1
Shannon L. AlderSands of time pause... for a glimpse of moments dyed with the color of dance. Votes: 1
Shah Asad RizviTime is never ticking for its moments dye in a colorful dance and move forward. Votes: 1
Shah Asad RizviLet's always try to paint the truth ... our art must be made to mean something. Votes: 1
E.A. BucchianeriTo send light into the darkness of men's hearts--such is the duty of the artist. Votes: 1
Robert SchumannCreating a world within the imagination one day at a time through words and colors. Votes: 1
Peggy A. BorelArt is in the eye of the beholder, and everyone will have their own interpretation. Votes: 1
E.A. BucchianeriThe photographer does the world a great disservice when he leaves his camera at home. Votes: 1
Mark DenmanThe photographer does the world a great disservice when she leaves her camera at home. Votes: 1
Mark DenmanTo fornicate is to aspire to enter into another; the artist never emerges from himself. Votes: 1
Charles BaudelaireAbstract means literally to draw from or separate. In this sense every artist is abstract. Votes: 1
Richard DiebenkornMagic is the stunning art of surprising your audience, so that nothing else surprises them. Votes: 1
Amit KalantriThrough synergy of intellect, artistry and grace came into existence the blessing of a dancer. Votes: 1
Shah Asad RizviHis mindIt says survival of the fittest butHis soulRevival of the idiotsSo good riddance, dancing Votes: 1
Criss JamiThrough artistry, imagination not only allows one to express their creativity, but also their soul. Votes: 1
Donald L. HicksWhat I say is misdirection, what you see is an illusion and what results is magic. Votes: 1
Amit KalantriYou have to have time to be sorry for yourself to be a good Abstract Expressionist. Votes: 1
Robert RauschenbergWhere Norman Rockwell is the Artist for the man on the street, O'Henry is his author. Votes: 1
Sonia RumziWhen I create a masterpiece I feel alive! When my creation is revered I feel immortal. Votes: 1
Euphoria GodsentI have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste. Votes: 1
Marcel DuchampSometimes in life confusion tends to arise and only dialogue of dance seems to make sense. Votes: 1
Shah Asad RizviMy heart balloons with admiration for these talented artists, which I so desperately want to be Votes: 1
Vicki Alayne BradleyYou were born an original work of art. Stay original always. Originals cost more than imitations. Votes: 1
Suzy KassemOn the stage of life, what are words but decorations... unlike dance that showcases the performance? Votes: 1
Shah Asad RizviIf living Life is an art, then Only You can be the artist to make it colorful. Votes: 1
Sagar GosaviA great magician is as divine as God and his stage is as majestic as the paradise. Votes: 1
Amit KalantriDance to the tune of hope, as worries of past slip away to the surrender of smiles. Votes: 1
Shah Asad RizviThe whole world is like an opened candy jar, and we're plunging in for the best treats Votes: 1
Vicki Alayne BradleyNobody should ever receive more money for a work of art than the artist who produced it. Votes: 1
Pansy Schneider-HorstLike many people who dress in black, the lump of coal was interested in becoming an artist. Votes: 1
Lemony SnicketIf you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind. Votes: 1
Aaron SorkinThe Artist," an ancient sage had once said, "is always sitting on the doorsteps of the rich. Votes: 1
Charles BukowskiShe simply converted an average face into beautiful face and a beautiful face into an angelic face. Votes: 1
Amit KalantriThis is almost always the case: A piece of art receives its f(r)ame when found offensive. Votes: 1
Criss JamiThe artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist. Votes: 1
Eric GillThe study of beauty is a duel in which the artist cries out in terror before being vanquished. Votes: 1
Charles BaudelaireClosed in a room, my imagination becomes the universe, and the rest of the world is missing out. Votes: 1
Criss JamiBut you're an artist. you should know there's more to a story than the part happening right now. Votes: 1
Kate MessnerLost every purpose to visit land of dreams, since colors of dance filled the canvas of my reality. Votes: 1
Shah Asad RizviThere's nothing an artist needs more - even more than excellent tools and stamina - than a deadline. Votes: 1
Adriana TrigianiI believed that I wanted to be a poet, but deep down I just wanted to be a poem. Votes: 1
jaime gil de beidmaI'm often painted as the bad guy, and the artistic part of me wants to hand out the brush. Votes: 1
Criss JamiThe cruelest thing you can do to an artist is tell them their work is flawless when it isn't Votes: 1
Yahtzee CroshawI'm tired of feeling like I'm fucking crazy.I'm tired of driving till I see stars in my eyes. Votes: 1
Lana Del ReyMyth must be kept alive. The people who can keep it alive are the artists of one kind or another. Votes: 1
Joseph CampbellA human being is a real artist and a creative in any field, not a programmed robot in some factory. Votes: 1
Shawn LukasAn artist is like a woman who can do nothing but love, and who succumbs to every stray male jackass. Votes: 1
Heinrich BollArt does not have to be dull, to be effective; the artist does not have to be a bore, to be real. Votes: 1
Burton RaffelThe artist's morality lies in the force and truth of his description.
Jules Amedee Barbey d'AurevillyAn artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind
Karl Wilhelm Friedrich SchlegelIn his attempt to develop the beauty he sees, the artist develops himself.
Charles Webster HawthorneArt is constitutive-the artist determines beauty. He does not take it over.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheOur life is a work of art. We must seek always to be its artist. Votes: 1 Kent Nerburn
I became paralyzed as an artist with writer's block. Votes: 1 David Guterson
Artists love to immerse themselves in chaos in order to put it into form, just as God created form out of chaos in Genesis. Forever unsatisfied with the mundane, the apathetic, the conventional, they always push on to newer worlds. Votes: 3 Rollo May
I'm a binge writer. I work in the music business fulltime, in artist management and developing songwriters and recording artists, and so juggling my job I carve out as much time as I can on the weekends. Votes: 3 Ruta Sepetys
Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist. Votes: 7 Ned Rorem
I'm a con artist in that I'm an actor. I make people believe something is real when they know perfectly well it isn't. Votes: 6 John Lithgow
I was a bit scared because I came from the acting world. There was a fear that people would think of me kind of as a joke. But really, people think of me as a country artist who can act. That's my favorite compliment. Votes: 3 Jana Kramer
Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great. Votes: 3 Mikhail Baryshnikov
There's a myth among amateurs, optimists and fools that beyond a certain level of achievement, famous artists retire to some kind of Elysium where criticism no longer wounds and work materializes without their effort. Votes: 2 Mark Matousek
But there's no way round it-commercial success is a mark of failure for a graffiti artist. We're not supposed to be embraced in that way. When you look at how society rewards so many of the wrong people, it's hard not to view financial reimbursement as a badge of self-serving mediocrity. Votes: 2 Banksy
I am a graphic artist heart and soul, though I find the term artist rather embarrassing. Votes: 2 M. C. Escher
It was supposed to say "Great Artist" on my tombstone, but if I died right now it would say "such a good teacher/daughter/friend" instead; and what I really want to shout, and want in big letters on that grave, too, is FUCK YOU ALL. Votes: 3 Claire Messud
There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible. Votes: 2 Wyclef Jean
So in every sense, from an independent artist to a major label artist, you just have to have great product, great faith and great people, they all go together. Votes: 4 Ledisi
When people ask how have I kept on top, I have to say with the help of every photographer, make-up artist and hairdresser I've ever worked with. Votes: 2 Linda Evangelista
It is said that no star is a heroine to her makeup artist. Votes: 2 Richard Corliss
The true Martial Artist is not the one who fears change, but the one who causes it to happen. Votes: 4 Ed Parker
What a severe yet master artist old Winter is... No longer the canvas and the pigments, but the marble and the chisel... Votes: 3 John Burroughs
Musicians must make music, artists must paint, poets must write if they are to be ultimately at peace with themselves. What human beings can be, they must be. They must be true to their own nature. This need we may call self-actualization. Votes: 2 Abraham Maslow
I would hate to be a new artist or writer in town today. But somehow the cream continues to rise. If there's one who's great, he just jumps out of the pack like you can't believe. Votes: 2 Steven Curtis Chapman
I was mostly surprised by the rap artists, actually, that were influenced by Sabbath. That was a surprise. But it's very nice and I'm very honoured. It's nice to know after 27 years now that what I said in the first place has stuck, and that was the belief in it. Votes: 2 Tony Iommi
Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did. Votes: 1 Sebastian Bach
I'm involved with Recording Artists and Actors Against Drunk Driving. I'm also involved with most children's causes, because children can't help the environment they're in Votes: 3 Judd Nelson
If I'm going to go out to be a solo artist, it's because I want to do something different without having to wait on someone else's schedule or hobbies or be limited by other people's prejudices. I'd be kind of stupid not to exercise that. Votes: 2 Chris Cornell
I didn't really go the starving-artist route. I kind of went and did massive, commercial things. Votes: 5 Ashton Kutcher
I can live in L.A. as a struggling artist. I cannot live in New York as a struggling artist. Votes: 3 Gina Rodriguez
The Artist always has the masters in his eyes. Votes: 3 Ralph Waldo Emerson
The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes. Votes: 3 Ralph Waldo Emerson
Why do visual artists 'work' and musicians 'play? Votes: 5 Max Elliott Slade