An artist should remain true. Otherwise his talent, like his stomach, grows fat and stuffy.
Norman Reilly RaineA true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public are to him non-existent
Oscar WildePeople will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists.
Russell SimmonsFor a true artist, difficulties become opportunities and clouds become solid present.
Alejandro JodorowskyTrue artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely.
Yoko OnoTo be a true artist you have to play the way you feel - not the way others think you should feel.
Don Ellis