I believe artists deserve all the help they can get, so they can focus on being great artists. Votes: 4
Janina GavankarThe great artists are those who impose their personal vision upon humanity. Votes: 3
Guy de MaupassantTrue poets, like great artists, have scarcely any childhood, and no old age. Votes: 3
Sophie SwetchineOriginality is way overrated. To make, you need to take. All great artists do. Votes: 3
Walter Darby BannardThe great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable. Votes: 3
H. L. MenckenThe lives great artists live and the books they write are two very different things. Votes: 3
Michael CunninghamI cannot be convinced that great artists are moralists. Art is first appearances, then meaning. Votes: 3
Camille PagliaAll great artists know that part of their task is to light up the distance between two human beings. Votes: 3
Nadeem AslamThere are so many great artists and most of them are women, but that's good - the more the merrier! Votes: 3
Rachel StevensI like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him. Votes: 3
George BensonNo great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. Votes: 2
Oscar WildeI wish I was a great writer or a great journalist or a great scientist or a great artist; I'm not. Votes: 2
Nicolas BerggruenGreat artists treasure their time with a bitter and snarling miserliness. Votes: 0
Catherine Drinker BowenGreat artists are modest almost as seldom as they are faithful to their wives. Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenI'm a collector. I think it's great for everybody. Artists like it, they answer positively... Votes: 0
Patrick SeguinA civilization is as great as its dreams, and its dreams are dreamt by artists. Votes: 0
L. Ron HubbardThe Whitney is a museum that has a great rapport with younger artists and the community. Votes: 0
Jeff KoonsIf I've made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great! I've accomplished something. Votes: 0
Quentin TarantinoArtists get to step outside their comfort zone a 'lil bit and we get some great songs!! Votes: 0
Matt SquireA great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life. Votes: 0
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