Quotes of: Creative-artist Keyword

It's true that there are people who live the idea of being an artist, as opposed to the idea of making art.

Daniel Alarcon

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

Eli Broad

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

Edgard Varese

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

Gustave Flaubert

The aim of every authentic artist is not to conform to the history of art, but to release himself from it in order to replace it with his own history.

Harold Rosenberg

A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life.

Issey Miyake

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.

Jean Cocteau

There are infinite modes of expression in the world of art, and to insist that only by one road can the artist attain his ends is to limit him.

Jacob Epstein

I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.

Jeff Koons

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

James Taylor

I was kind of freaked out by the art world in the 1980s. Just the money thing. All the competition over artists.

Kim Gordon

Works of art produced in the contemporary world are a further expression of that. But I don't think there is an active, ongoing nihilist self-consciousness in the artist.

Leonard Baskin

That DMC Act is a disgrace. And the problem with independent art in this country is that independent artists have been economically blacklisted.

Lloyd Kaufman

I think it's pretentious to create art just for the sake of stroking the artists ego.

Lou Reed

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

Paul Cezanne

Art is maybe a subversive activity. There is a certain rebellion when you are an artist at heart, even if only in the art of living.

Philippe Petit

I was in art school once a week from six to 16, which was essential in shaping my artistic sensitivity.

Philippe Petit

The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.

Paul Strand

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

Robert Schumann

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Rebecca West

I grew up going to museums. I was privileged to discover art and artists in a very personal way.

Thelma Golden