Artist Quotes - Page 3

...she (the artist, the writer) doesn't wait for inspiration, she acts in the anticipation of its apparition.

The artist must be blind to "recognized" and "unrecognized" form, deaf to the teachings and desires of his time. His open eyes must be directed to his inner life and his ears must be constantly attuned to the voice of inner necessity.

The artistic bend is a sell-out. It's all truth, or it's no good. EIther write what's in the heart, all of it, the good, the bad, the ugly, the uglier, the privat and even more private and it's a book worth reading. Not willing to go there? Do yourself and the world a favor: Don't write it until you're ready to do so. Only then is it your truest artist being heard. And only then will the world want to hear what you have to say."-Wendy K. Williamson 9/25/14

You draw characters speaking loud and clear but you’re not hearing them.” her mother told her, then she kissed her forehead and mumbled how she liked her art and went downstairs. Cecilia wrote these words on her bedroom wall, just behind her headboard for no one to see it but herself to know that it exists.

Writers do not have the privilege of sleep. There is always a story coming alive in their heads, constantly composing. Whether they choose it or not.

Arts without a spiritual relative is like frying buns with water.

Genius is talent set on fire.

A steampunk nationBaby pollution rises up then the loving comes arraigning 'causeOur art's official and only partially artificialAnd our heart's in the middle of sharp hardened shards of metal butThere's not where it settlesBecause it's beating to the steaming of God's hottest pot or kettleAnd now we face it, this creation we made toTo save our craving for a synthetic rebelnation it'sOur safeway they make into a pathetic revelationIn our steampunk nationOur steampunk nation

All I need to dois place my pen against paperand your lovewrites for me.

Nothing seems to me more tragic than the pressures we put on artists to do what we think we'll like, and our refusal to prize what is most ornery and special about them.

The history of time is captured by poet, artist, writer, photographer…!

Realism without naturalism... is a leading motif in Modern Art. There is a move away from the struggle to perfect the reflection of Nature in Art's mirror, which I attribute to the all-pervading effects of photography...You must serve the tradition without being its slave. Remember you are an artist, not a draughtsman.

He traced her arched eyebrow. “Every morning when I wake up with you at my side, you’re more beautiful than yesterday.

Illustrations have as much to say as the text. The trick is to say the same thing but in a different way. It's no good being an illustrator who is saying a lot that is on his or her mind if it has nothing to do with the text. . . the artist must override the story but he must also override his own ego for the sake of the story.

If you are a singer, you must sing. If you are a dancer, you must dance. If you are a writer, you must write. Don’t suffocate your heart.

The cruelest thing you can do to an artist is tell them their work is flawless when it isn't

Every human is unique every spirit is engaging.

As artists, we are constantly becoming.

With lead he shaded love into the woman's eyes.

Its not the type of pencil but the artist's skill that matters.

My business is to paint what I see, not what I know is there.

A pianist is a painter of music

The artist has the master picture in his mind, before he begins to paint.

Master the art of selfloveand you will never have to seekvalidationever again.

An artist is merely a tool with which art molds itself.

Every sort of trouble I can think of, we've tried it out- become expert at some of it, even, so much so that I've come to wonder whether artists in particularity seek out hard times the way flowers turn their faces toward the sun.

Use your special gifts to fulfil your divine purpose.

A work should contain its total meaning within itself and should impress it on the spectator before he even knows the subject.

Be sure to bend but never break

Take on the challenge and find inspiration in the process.

An artist has been defined as a neurotic who continually cures himself with his art.

Oh say can you see Alma. The darlingof Them. All her friends were artists.They alone have memories. They alonelove flowers. They alone give partiesand die. Poor Alma. They alone.She died,and it was as if all the jewels in the worldhad heaved a sigh. The seismographat Fordham university registered, for once,a spiritual note. How like a sliverin her own short fat muscular foot.She loved the Western World, thoughthere are some who say she isn't really dead.

A great magician is as divine as God and his stage is as majestic as the paradise.

The artist is the closest man comes to being God.

The only obligation any artist can have is to himself. His works means nothing, otherwise. It has no meaning.

Every world needed an artist.

Just a beginner, but he learned so fast. Everything came so damn easy to him. Not true. The hard things cam easy. But the easy things he found impossibly hard.

I am an artist, my hair is rarely tamed & sometimes I sleep till noon, My house is messy and I speak to the moon. I care less about the materials that I share with my world and more about the passion inside myself. Im an artist, what more can you expect? i am full of soul, love and all the rest.

All forms of art are parallel expressions. Writing is not unlike painting or other artistic endeavors. Each artistic endeavor is an expression of the mystery of the world. The job of the artist is to deepen that mystery, express reverence for the mystery of life, and explore the enigmatic aspects of human nature.

The only way to find art is to lose touch with reality.

A very fine artist can take something quite ordinary and, through sheer artistry and willpower, turn it into a work of art.

Critics are only concerned with what affects them. And feeling empathy is a gift not many possess.

A picture is a personal diary where only the artist knows the meaning.

I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.

Just about the worst thing an artist can do is to try and be a nice person.

I was painter staring at a canvas waiting for the forgotten visions of my new abstract piece to come to me. But I am the abstract piece and my mind cannot comprehend the work my heart has created.

If what makes a person an artist is their work, they should be admired; if what makes a person an artist is themselves, they should be adored.

I grab the nearest lamppost when my knees threaten to give out, panting for breath as the words rip through me

She looked over at him, her eyes warm. “Your face has a story to tell.”tMouth quirking, Roan growled, “It’s a top-secret face, Darlin’.

Show me a person who found love in his life and did not celebrate it with a dance.

Inking is meditation in liquid form...

Normal is not a part of my vocabulary. I am an artist after all.

When there's music in your soul, there's soul in your music.

The best incentive for an artist are the harshest criticism

Growing up, I'd already decided I wanted to be a beatnik. A Bohemian poet, I thought. Or a musician. Maybe an artist. I'd dress in black turtlenecks and smoke Gitanes. I'd listen to cool jazz in clubs, getting up to read devastating truths from my notebook, leaning against the microphone, cigarette dangling from my hand.

A true artist creates art because they have a passion and desire to do so.

Opposites though they are, both solitude and solidarity are essential if the artist is to produce works that are not only significant to his or her age, but that will also speak to future generations.

The artist like the idiot or clown sits on the edge of the world and a push may send him over it.

I am an artist you know ... it is my right to be odd.

Art is a place where tragedy meets beauty. An artist is someone who creates the most beautiful things of his life when his soul starts bleeding.