Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

Every other artist begins with a blank canvas a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above.

An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing.

Every artist writes his own autobiography.

The artist belongs to his work not the work to the artist.

Lesser artists borrow great artists steal.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty you know you're an artist.

Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.

I've been called many names like perfectionist difficult and obsessive. I think it takes obsession takes searching for the details for any artist to be good.

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

The artist is nothing without the gift but the gift is nothing without work.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

Even a true artist does not always produce art.

An artist never really finishes his work he merely abandons it.

Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning restless urge to write or paint simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist and the less the artist does the better.

An artist cannot fail it is a success to be one.