Support for the arts -- merde! A government-supported artist is an incompetent whore!
Stranger in a Strange LandArtists are often the barometers of society.
Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from its Cultural CaptivityEvery portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter.
The Picture of Dorian GrayThe great artists of the world are never Puritans, and seldom even ordinarily respectable.
H.L. MenckenThe artist is a constructor of mirrors through which humanity can recognize their own beauty.
Manuela NicoliniAn artist should remain true. Otherwise his talent, like his stomach, grows fat and stuffy.
Norman Reilly Raine