The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable. Votes: 2
H. L. MenckenNot everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere. Votes: 2
Peter O'TooleMother-love is not inevitable. The good mother is a great artist ever creating beauty out of chaos Votes: 2
Alice RandallNo great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. Votes: 2
Oscar WildeBecoming a great preacher, like becoming a great artist, requires a life commitment. Votes: 0
Calvin MillerNo artist produces great art by a deliberate attempt to express his own personality. Votes: 0
T. S. EliotThe great artist is one whom constraint exalts, for whom the obstacle is a springboard. Votes: 0
Andre GideIn the great artist you see daring bound by discipline and discipline stretched by daring. Votes: 0
Robert BreaultA great artist has a unique vision...obsession. They are someone willing to fail flamboyantly. Votes: 0
Jerry SaltzA small artist is content with art; a great artist is content with nothing except everything. Votes: 0
Gilbert K. ChestertonThe man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything. Votes: 0
Gilbert K. Chestertonthe independence of the artist is one of the great safeguards of the freedom of the human spirit. Votes: 0
C. V. WedgwoodA great artist is not one who merely fits into a genre but one who defines the genre. Votes: 0
Vikas SwarupHitler was never more than average as an artist. His great talent was for the games of politics. Votes: 0
Volker UllrichI am powerless against the great magazines - I am an artist, and I will always be that. Votes: 0
Werner Bischofa great artist ... takes what he did not make and makes of it something that only he can make ... Votes: 0
Stevie SmithIn the cycle of a great civilization, the artist begins as priest, and ends as a clown or buffoon. Votes: 0
Malcolm MuggeridgeI am a great artist and I know it. It's because I am that I have endured such sufferings. Votes: 0
Paul GauguinA figure skater is not just a figure skater who does great jumps. He is an artist on ice. Votes: 0
Alexei YagudinI wish I was a great writer or a great journalist or a great scientist or a great artist; I'm not. Votes: 0
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