#Artist

"Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating empathy can we truly grow as people."

"Before I was a cosplayer, I was a fan artist. I would draw my favorite characters and sell the pieces at art auctions. But once I discovered cosplay, it was like, 'I don't have to draw my favorite characters, I can become my favorite characters.'"

"A great artist can paint a great picture on a small canvas."

"Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In life, knowledge of poisons is essential. I've told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to."

"The philosophers write about things as they are and as they appear to be, but as an artist I find that appearance is everything."

"A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world."

"As Aristotle said, 'Excellence is a habit.' I would say furthermore that excellence is made constant through the feeling that comes right after one has completed a work which he himself finds undeniably awe-inspiring. He only wants to relax until he's ready to renew such a feeling all over again because to him, all else has become absolutely trivial."

"An artist must never be a prisoner. Prisoner? An artist should never be a prisoner of himself, prisoner of style, prisoner of reputation, prisoner of success, etc."

"Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'"

"I don't think there's any artist of any value who doesn't doubt what they're doing."

"The artist's job is not to succumb to despair but to find an antidote for the emptiness of existence."

"The artist’s task is to save the soul of mankind; and anything less is a dithering while Rome burns. Because of the artists, who are self-selected, for being able to journey into the Other, if the artists cannot find the way, then the way cannot be found."

"No great art has ever been made without the artist having known danger."

"An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision."

"Absurdity is the ecstasy of intellectualism."

"The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist."

"Dreams. They start in your beautiful mind. Think of beautiful things and it will manifest into actions because your body will listen to you. Like it always does."

"I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person."

"The really magical things are the ones that happen right in front of you. A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a bit more intention, you see it."

"If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him."