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Artists14 quotes
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. — Oscar Wilde · 1891To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes. — Akira KurosawaBut the artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom: to that in us which is a gift and not an acquisition—and, therefore, more permanently enduring. He speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives: to our sense of pity, and beauty, and pain. — Joseph Conrad · 1897In art, there are only two types of people: revolutionaries and plagiarists. — Paul Gauguin · 1895Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere. — Anton Ego · 2007An artist is somebody 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 · 1975All 14 quotes →Art5 quotes
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. — Oscar Wilde · 1891To be an artist means never to avert one's eyes. — Akira KurosawaIn art, there are only two types of people: revolutionaries and plagiarists. — Paul Gauguin · 1895The true artist is a man who believes absolutely in himself, because he is absolutely himself. — Oscar Wilde · 1891The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and... He does it without destroying something else. — John Updike · 1977Artistic development2 quotes
Neither natural ability without instruction, nor instruction without natural ability, can make the perfect artist. — Vitruvius · 70 BCEvery artist was first an amateur. — Ralph Waldo Emerson · 1867Artistic vision2 quotes
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. — Oscar Wilde · 1891The true artist is a man who believes absolutely in himself, because he is absolutely himself. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Art market1 quote
An artist is somebody 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 · 1975Authenticity1 quote
The true artist is a man who believes absolutely in himself, because he is absolutely himself. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Borrowing and creativity1 quote
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. — Pablo Picasso · 1935Creation1 quote
The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and... He does it without destroying something else. — John Updike · 1977Creativity1 quote
The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky, from the earth, from a scrap of paper, from a passing shape, from a spider's web. — Pablo Picasso · 1935Middle class respectability1 quote
The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable. — H.L. Mencken · 1919Nature of art1 quote
The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and... He does it without destroying something else. — John Updike · 1977Originality1 quote
The great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable. — H.L. Mencken · 1919Personal integrity1 quote
The true artist is a man who believes absolutely in himself, because he is absolutely himself. — Oscar Wilde · 1891Power of art1 quote
But the artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom: to that in us which is a gift and not an acquisition—and, therefore, more permanently enduring. He speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives: to our sense of pity, and beauty, and pain. — Joseph Conrad · 1897Purpose of art1 quote
Though the great artists of the past could not change the course of history, it is only through their work that we are able to break bread with the dead, and without communion with the dead a fully human life is impossible. — W.H. Auden · 1967