Quotes on Artist

There is no must in art because art is free.

You I am sure will forgive me for sincerely remarking that you might curb your magnanimity and be more of an artist, and 'load every rift' of your subject with ore.

There really is no such thing as art. There are only artists.

A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one.

I'd say, if you want to be an artist, start with your art; start with making great music and it will, hopefully, eventually cut through all of the nonsense that is out there.

Business is fun. Controlling your own destiny is fun. Creating an idea and turning it into a movie; finding an artist and guiding their career and bringing them to some type of status - there's joy in that.

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

Great art picks up where nature ends.

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.

Don't be an art critic. Paint. There lies salvation.

An art which isn't based on feeling isn't an art at all.

There are two things in the painter, the eye and the mind; each of them should aid the other.

Painting is damned difficult - you always think you've got it, but you haven't.

For an Impressionist to paint from nature is not to paint the subject, but to realize sensations.

A work of art which did not begin in emotion is not art.

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies.

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.

The worst evil which can befall the artist is that his work should appear good in his own eyes.

The work of artists is to find what's humanly possible - possibility's furthest reaches.

It’s an artist’s job to show people the world they live in. We hold up mirrors.

The teacher is of course an artist, but being an artist does not mean that he or she can make the profile, can shape the students. What the educator does in teaching is to make it possible for the students to become themselves.