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An artist must find his expression closely linked to his individual experience or else follow in the old grooves resulting in lifeless forms. — Mark Tobey

A degree in art doesn't automatically make you an artist any more than lacking a degree precludes you from becoming an artist. — Ted Orland

Art is nothing more than creating an emotion in your own form. — Shannon L. Alder

Behind a remarkable scholar we not infrequently find an average human being, and behind an average artist we often find a very remarkable human being. — Friedrich Nietzsche

So there was a way for you to get promoted and survive as an artist without worrying about AM radio hits. — Todd Rundgren

Memory is a great artist. For every man and for every woman it makes the recollection of his or her life a work of art and an unfaithful record. — Andre Maurois

As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government. — Theodore Bikel

An entertainer pleases others while an artist only has to please himself. — Artie Shaw

I am an artist who works with Lego. — Nathan Sawaya

I am not an artist which is 'in.' — Julio Iglesias

It is an artist's duty to be on the wrong end of the see-saw. — Billy Childish

I see and write things first as an artist, second as a woman, and third as a New Yorker. All three have built-in perspectives that aren't neutral. — Laurie Anderson

Johan Cruyff was the first player who understood that he was an artist, and the first who was able and willing to collectivise the art of sports. — David Winner

Can you have it all, as a woman? Can you be a creative artist and have stability and a home life? How much can you stretch yourself as an artist? — Catherine Hardwicke

He agreed with David Hockney that an artist really had to be able to draw before anything else could be achieved. — Alexander McCall Smith

There's never been a song that I just wrote and tried to send to an artist. — Nile Rodgers

Being a martial artist for many years, it has become a bit of an obsession of mine to bring that part of my life to the screen. — Sundra Oakley

If an artist comes intuitively from the point of design, notan - lightness/darkness - is natural. — Sara Genn

Give Hong Kong to an Artist. He can use it. It can be poetised. — Baris Gencel

It's not what you do, it's the way you do it that makes you an artist. Whatever you do do it with all your heart. Be what you are Be creative! — Denny Dent

If an artist is one who spends his life trying to define his being, I guess I would have to call myself an artist. — Roger Ballen

An artist's responsibility is simple: to say through his art what can't be said any other way. — Marty Rubin

I'm an artist, and I love the visual. Fashion is high art sometimes and hack work other times, but it's something worthy of study and love. — Molly Crabapple

First, before I'm an artist, before I'm a celebrity, I'm a human being. — Janelle Monae

I didn't expect to become an artist. I was not comfortable going out on the road. — Todd Rundgren

I always wanted to be an artist; being a songwriter for myself was always a must but being a songwriter for others has been a bonus. — Jessie J.

I cannot explain, nor must an artist defend his work or elucidate in such a way the reeling audience can fathom, brutes that they are. — Laird Barron

Being an artist is not easy - I have always said that to the students I have taught over the years. It's a huge sacrifice. — Marina Abramovic

If you're an artist, you try to keep an ear to the ground and an ear to your heart. — Bruce Springsteen

I am famous because I am an African American jazz artist. — Nat King Cole

I think it's an essential fact for any performer or artist to fail as poignantly as they can succeed. — Nick Cave

This is a fact. If you don't make art people like, you will never earn a living as an artist. — Jack White

The reason I put make-up on or wear the costume is to try and find my own style. It's like my guitar style - I'm just trying to be an original artist. — Miyavi

The worst sin that can be committed against the artist is to take him at his word, to see in his work a fulfillment instead of an horizon. — Henry Miller

You're hot for two seconds, and you're struggling to get work again. If it were easy, I don't think that's a good place for an artist to work from. — Tatiana Maslany

When I met Steve Kaufman, I thought he was Gene Simmons, but what an artist talent he is. He will be an art force in the art world to deal with. — Roy Lichtenstein

The life of an artist is not so romantic as some might suppose. — Kyle Muntz

The philosophers write about things as they are and as they appear to be, but as an artist I find that appearance is everything. — Gary Inbinder

Why I'm an artist, not a philosopher? Because I think in words rather than ideas. — Albert Camus

As an artist you have the luxury of maybe presenting an issue in a certain way, as opposed to actually solving it. — Ezra Koenig

For an artist to think in terms of success is like a priest trying to think in terms of success. — Graham Greene

Before I reached 10 years old, I knew I was going to be an artist. — Howard Terpning

My work as an artist is completely separate from my work as a philanthropist. — Lady Gaga

My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. — Richard Diebenkorn

I'm not an abstract artist; I leave that to others. To me, abstract art ended with Kazimir Malevich's 'Black Square.' To continue it is senseless. — Jonas Mekas

If living life is an art , let us all become an artist — Rajdeep Mittal

I remember growing up, saying you're an artist it sounds pretentious but now it's one of the only dignified things that you can call yourself. — Marilyn Manson

I want to be an artist you cannot categorize at all. You can't put a box around me. You can't put anything around me. — Angel Haze

If heaven gives me ten more years, or an extension of even five years, I shall surely become a true artist. — Hokusai

Clever people can copy the handwriting of an artist - it's like forging a person's signature. — Henry Moore

Reading is an art form, and every man can be an artist. — Edwin Louis Cole

Every man is an artist. — Joseph Beuys

Film acting has been a very pure experience, because you have to give the purest form of yourself as an artist. — Dwight Yoakam

I have 12 paintings of Kaufman art. He is an amazing artist. — John Travolta

Wishful thinking is more valuable to an artist than critical thinking. — Marty Rubin

I feel like every artist has an opportunity to create something new and to challenge themselves to reach out to a new crowd. — Joe Jonas

Duke Ellington always had a style: original, clean with interesting color combinations. He had an artist's eye. — Wynton Marsalis

The problem turned out to be that I never was that kind of an artist. — Todd Rundgren

Everyone looks to an artist for something more than just the music, and that message of being comfortable in my own skin is number one for me. — Lizzo

Haven't you ever heard of an artist's muse?" the barman asked. "They all seem to either have one or want one. Me, all I want is peace and quiet. — Louise Penny

Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference. — Bette Davis

Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It ... keeps us honest. — Lupita Nyong'o

It takes only one man to make an artist, but forty to make an Academician. — Aubrey Beardsley

An artist must be ruthlessly selfish. — W. Eugene Smith

I have the heart of an artist and the soul of a writer. — A.D. Posey

The quality an artist must have is objectivity in judging his work, plus the honesty and courage not to kid himself about it. — William Faulkner

By stripping down an image to essential meaning, an artist can simplify that meaning. — Scott McCloud

If you plan to be an artist you need to learn how to take criticism and stand up for your work. If you don't love it, no one will. — Jen Frederick

Everything that an artist does is a risk. Some people want you to stay the same. If you want to evolve, they want to keep you in a certain place. — Gloria Estefan

Inspiration more often comes during the work than before it, because the largest part of the job of an artist is to listen to the work. — Madeleine L'Engle

I've been approached by major labels every single year of my existence as an artist. Since 1996. — El-P

Artists were intended to be an ornament to society. As a society in themselves they are unthinkable. — Elizabeth Bowen

I'm really an artist of feeling. I like creating things when it feels right. — Will Ferrell

Being an artist is a job for life. — Brian Eno

I think one's history and past is important at a certain time in your life, especially as an artist, just to try to hone in on that. — Olivia D'Abo

I loved being a child. If I do have a talent, it's not so much being an artist, but it's being able to remember back to that time. — Jan Brett

One thing is certain, anyone who collects art is not an artist. — Heinrich Boll

As an artist, I've always wanted to participate in the dialogue of art with other artists. — Jeff Koons

I cry too much to be butch." The artist deadpanned, raising an eyebrow filled with intimidation at the young woman. — L.J. Maas

The mission of the artist in an over-technologi zed society, is to call the old magic back to life. — Tom Robbins

Sometimes you can't see the wood for the trees as an artist. — Elton John

An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them. — Andy Warhol

An artist is a person first. He is an individual. If there is no person, there is no artist. — Chaim Potok

Be an artist in everything you do. — Debasish Mridha

I've never been a die-hard fan, like a crazy fan for an artist. — Meghan Trainor

I don't understand business minds. I consider myself an artist, and they just really don't mix. — Kathleen Rose Perkins

As struggles go, being an artist isn't that much of one. — Brian Eno

I think when you work with really wonderful directors who have a really strong vision, it lets you as an artist set the tone for your own career. — Sarah Gadon

An artist is no bigger than the size of his mind. — Jack Shadbolt

You don't get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it safe. You just can't. — M. Night Shyamalan

Divine fires do not blaze each day, but an artist functions in their afterglow hoping for their recurrence. — Ned Rorem

Success gave me confidence as an artist. And now I'm able to do what I want without anybody thinking it's dumb. — Amy Lee

Ronaldinho was a trickster, an artist with the ball. Leo represents the essence of the game: speed plus skill. — Luca Caioli

It wasn't until I wrote 'Hideaway' that I found the song I related to as an artist. — Kiesza

More and more, I think about the role of the arts, and as an artist, I think that it's important that I share the love and peace. — Yayoi Kusama

As an artist, you are aware there is this strange money market out there, but you have no sense of how it works. — Peter Doig

What is an artist but a workman who is determined that, whatever else happens, his work shall be excellent? — William Morris

Modelling, it's being an artist as well. It's just being a silent artist. It takes a lot of self-control and a lot of discipline. — Jessica White

It seems to me it's a painter's duty to try to put an idea into his work. — Vincent Van Gogh

One becomes a critic when one cannot be an artist, just as a man becomes a stool pigeon when he cannot be a soldier. — Gustave Flaubert