Artist Quotes

The literary artist will ... portray what he knows, and little else. Imagination is built upon knowledge, and his dreams will rest upon his facts. He is worth to the world just about what he has learned from it, and no more.

Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward
I have no doubt about a photographer in particular and a digital artist in general having become contemporary icons.

Nikolay Semyonov

I’m a martial artist, and I don’t train because I have a fight; I train because it’s my lifestyle, and I’ll train every day if I’m not hurt.

Georges St-Pierre
- Fighting
- Artist
- Hurt
I struggle every day with trying to be a better dad, a better husband, better musician, better artist. It consumes me, and I don't see an end in sight.

Harry Connick, Jr.
- Trying
- Dad
- Struggle
As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow.

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
- Lifetime
- Fellow
- Villian
I so much appreciate it when anybody tries to make something and tries to be an artist - I'm happy to see the work.

Laurie Anderson
- Work
- Artist
- Appreciate
My mother photographed Donald Judd in Marfa, Texas, right before he passed away. He was actually the first artist whose work I collected. I just loved the photographs that my mom had done of Donald Judd and the installations in Marfa.

Owen Wilson
Though I know consciousness kind of boxes you in, it still encompasses the artists that I knew were conscious throughout history of music - they're the ones that you look at as the legends.

Will Ferrell

The artist finds a greater pleasure in painting than in having completed the picture.

Seneca the Younger