#Artist

"An artist without ideas is a mendicant; barren, he goes begging among the hours."

"An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original."

"The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart."

"I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize."

"Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is."

"Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist."

"An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose."

"I think Damien Hirst is hilarious. And I think he's a true artist. He's not hilarious first; I think he is a real artist, and I also think he's got an amazing sense of humor."

"I have had this longstanding interest in going back to school to get a Ph.D. in art history. I was especially interested in exploring this idea of the ecstatic impulse in an artist."

"An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world."

"No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist."

"A poet should be so crafty with words that he is envied even for his pains."

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

"I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no ordinary artist I had in mind."

"I will always desire to play with Bruce Springsteen. He's the most inspirational, most dedicated, most committed and most focused artist I've ever seen. I like to be around people like that."

"Be a great artist especially when you draw your life’s picture."

"Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul."

"What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought."

"The artist lives to have stories to tell and to learn to tell them well."

"An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture."