(1781 quotes found)
“Artists can color the sky red because they know it's blue. Those of us who aren't artists must color things the way they really are or people might think we're stupid.”
Jules Feiffer
“The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has”
Michelangelo
“The artist must train not only his eye but also his soul.”
Wassily Kandinsky
“The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.”
Emile Zola
“A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one.”
Dimitri Shostakovich
“The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.”
William Faulkner
“Art knows no limit, and the artists will never achieve perfection.”
Bente Borsum
“There is no greatness without a passion to be great, whether it's the aspiration of an athlete or an artist, a scientist, a parent, or a businessperson.”
Anthony Robbins
“The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews.”
“The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is.”
Willa Sibert Cather
