“
Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.
Pablo Picasso
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All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike.
Maya Angelou
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An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.
Langston Hughes
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An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.
Andy Warhol
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No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
Oscar Wilde
“
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Henry Ward Beecher
“
It's good as an artist to always remember to see things in a new, weird way.
Tim Burton
“
Every artist was first an amateur.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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If you are born an artist, you have no choice but to fight to stay an artist.
Lana Del Rey
“
To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.
Jasper Johns
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Great artists suffer for the people.
Marvin Gaye
“
A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.
Charles Dudley Warner
“
No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
Martha Graham
“
As artists, we do the work that we do. Receiving an award or not receiving an award in no way diminishes one's talent or value.
Phylicia Rashad
“
Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.
Al Hirschfeld
“
Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.
Eugene Delacroix
“
Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
Margot Fonteyn
“
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You literally mold the experience the way you want. It's therapy.
Erykah Badu
“
Real artists take the misery and sadness of life and translate it into art.
Josh Peck
“
The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools.
Thomas Eakins
“
An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something that will eclipse everything else.
Van Cliburn
“
The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.
Thomas Aquinas
“
An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.
George Santayana
“
True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.
Auguste Rodin
“
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
Emile Zola
“
The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.
Wassily Kandinsky
“
To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.
Kate Chopin
“
You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice.
Lauryn Hill
“
Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing - then a work of art may happen.
Andrew Wyeth
“
In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves.
David Hockney
“
An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.
Henry Miller
“
To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.
Auguste Rodin
“
Every artist picks what they want to put out there, what image they want to portray, and what they want people to know about where they're from.
Wiz Khalifa
“
The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.
Jackson Pollock
“
There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright.
Dylan Thomas
“
The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.
Agnes De Mille
“
An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.
Willem de Kooning
“
To me, what makes an artist is a unique personality that they're not afraid to let show.
Blake Shelton
“
An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“
A great artist is a great man in a great child.
Victor Hugo
“
Every artist preserves deep within him a single source from which, throughout his lifetime, he draws what he is, and what he says. When the source dries up, the work withers and crumbles.
Albert Camus
“
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
“
The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.
William Blake
“
Even a true artist does not always produce art.
Carroll O'Connor
“
The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
Christian Nestell Bovee
“
Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.
Novalis
“
Every artist writes his own autobiography.
Havelock Ellis
“
In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.
Simone De Beauvoir
“
What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
Igor Stravinsky
“
The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.
W. Somerset Maugham
Bad artists copy. Good artists steal.
Pablo Picasso
“
All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike.
Maya Angelou
“
An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.
Langston Hughes
“
An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.
Andy Warhol
“
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
Oscar Wilde
“
Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.
Henry Ward Beecher
“
It's good as an artist to always remember to see things in a new, weird way.
Tim Burton
“
Every artist was first an amateur.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“
If you are born an artist, you have no choice but to fight to stay an artist.
Lana Del Rey
“
To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.
Jasper Johns
“
Great artists suffer for the people.
Marvin Gaye
“
A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas.
Charles Dudley Warner
“
No artist is ahead of his time. He is his time; it is just that others are behind the times.
Martha Graham
“
As artists, we do the work that we do. Receiving an award or not receiving an award in no way diminishes one's talent or value.
Phylicia Rashad
“
Artists are just children who refuse to put down their crayons.
Al Hirschfeld
“
Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.
Eugene Delacroix
“
Great artists are people who find the way to be themselves in their art. Any sort of pretension induces mediocrity in art and life alike.
Margot Fonteyn
“
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You literally mold the experience the way you want. It's therapy.
Erykah Badu
“
Real artists take the misery and sadness of life and translate it into art.
Josh Peck
“
The big artist keeps an eye on nature and steals her tools.
Thomas Eakins
“
An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something that will eclipse everything else.
Van Cliburn
“
The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.
Thomas Aquinas
“
An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.
George Santayana
“
True artists are almost the only men who do their work for pleasure.
Auguste Rodin
“
The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
Emile Zola
“
The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.
Wassily Kandinsky
“
To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.
Kate Chopin
“
You don't know how much artists go through to make it look so easy. It's all in the practice.
Lauryn Hill
“
Artists today think of everything they do as a work of art. It is important to forget about what you are doing - then a work of art may happen.
Andrew Wyeth
“
In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves.
David Hockney
“
An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.
Henry Miller
“
To the artist there is never anything ugly in nature.
Auguste Rodin
“
Every artist picks what they want to put out there, what image they want to portray, and what they want people to know about where they're from.
Wiz Khalifa
“
The modern artist is working with space and time, and expressing his feelings rather than illustrating.
Jackson Pollock
“
There is only one position for an artist anywhere; and that is upright.
Dylan Thomas
“
The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.
Agnes De Mille
“
An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.
Willem de Kooning
“
To me, what makes an artist is a unique personality that they're not afraid to let show.
Blake Shelton
“
An artist, under pain of oblivion, must have confidence in himself, and listen only to his real master: Nature.
Pierre-Auguste Renoir
“
A great artist is a great man in a great child.
Victor Hugo
“
Every artist preserves deep within him a single source from which, throughout his lifetime, he draws what he is, and what he says. When the source dries up, the work withers and crumbles.
Albert Camus
“
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
“
The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.
William Blake
“
Even a true artist does not always produce art.
Carroll O'Connor
“
The great artist is a slave to his ideals.
Christian Nestell Bovee
“
Only an artist can interpret the meaning of life.
Novalis
“
Every artist writes his own autobiography.
Havelock Ellis
“
In order for the artist to have a world to express he must first be situated in this world, oppressed or oppressing, resigned or rebellious, a man among men.
Simone De Beauvoir
“
What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
Igor Stravinsky
“
The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.
W. Somerset Maugham
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