Every artist was first an amateur. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 1964
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Albert Einstein German Physicist More Albert Einstein Quotes 62
True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist. Albert Einstein German Physicist More Albert Einstein Quotes 58
An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world. George Santayana American Philosopher More George Santayana Quotes 6
An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness. Henry Miller American Author More Henry Miller Quotes 5
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. Francis Bacon English Philosopher More Francis Bacon Quotes 3
All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. Pablo Picasso Spanish Artist More Pablo Picasso Quotes 3
It is helpful for a woman artist not to have a husband. Jeanette Winterson British Novelist More Jeanette Winterson Quotes 3
Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. Oscar Wilde Irish Dramatist More Oscar Wilde Quotes 3
I want to be a mature artist with a different kind of thinking. Maria Callas American Soprano More Maria Callas Quotes 1
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. Andre Gide French Novelist More Andre Gide Quotes 1
Art is the collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better. Andre Gide French Novelist More Andre Gide Quotes 1
I'd be surprised if this was the end of Eminem as a recording artist, but if you call your most recent two records The Eminem Show and Encore, you've got to expect it marks the end of some kind of chapter for him. Marshall Mathers More Marshall Mathers Quotes 1
God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just keeps on trying other things. Pablo Picasso Spanish Artist More Pablo Picasso Quotes 1
Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium. Henry Rollins American Musician More Henry Rollins Quotes 1
The Greek grasped the present moment, and was the artist; the Jew worshipped the timeless spirit, and was the prophet. Isaac Mayer Wise American Rabbi More Isaac Mayer Wise Quotes 1
An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God. Patti Smith American Musician More Patti Smith Quotes 1
All my life as an artist I have asked myself: What pushes me continually to make sculpture? I have found the answer. art is an action against death. It is a denial of death. Jacques Lipchitz Polish Sculptor More Jacques Lipchitz Quotes 1
It ought to be illegal for an artist to marry. If the artist must marry let him find someone more interested in art, or his art, or the artist part of him, than in him. After which let them take tea together three times a week. Ezra Pound American Poet More Ezra Pound Quotes 1
An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc. Henri Matisse French Artist More Henri Matisse Quotes 1
An artist must possess Nature. He must identify himself with her rhythm, by efforts that will prepare the mastery which will later enable him to express himself in his own language. Henri Matisse French Artist More Henri Matisse Quotes 1
The highest art is always the most religious, and the greatest artist is always a devout person. Abraham Lincoln American President More Abraham Lincoln Quotes 1
If they're not temperamental, I don't want them. It's in the nature of a great artist to be that way. Sol Hurok American Musician More Sol Hurok Quotes 0