#Artists

"I mean really, how could an artistic individual stay grounded in the nitty-gritty of how many minutes per pound meat has to stay in the oven when trying to fathom the creative philosophy behind the greatest artistic minds of the world?"

"Dive again and again into the river of uncertainty. Create in the dark, only then can you recognize the light."

"Maybe the bar is low, but most of the strips that are 50, 60, 70 years old that are on their second or third generation of artists, the humor is pretty bland. There are others by people that were raised on 'Family Guy' or 'South Park' that are edgier. Mine's not as edgy as those, but it's edgier than 'Beetle Bailey.'"

"There have been many different artists that have been inspirational. I suppose the question is directed to what was the reason why I went into fantasy illustration."

"Whatever obstacle comes your way, you gotta be prepared to jump over it! And I think that's what separates the legends from the regular artists. It's all in how you manage that success, and how you deal with the controversy when it actually comes."

"Serious art has been the work of individual artists whose art has had nothing to do with style because they were not in the least connected with the style or the needs of the masses. Their work arose rather in defiance of their times."

"Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies."

"The artist, like the God of creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails"

"When a poet digs himself into a hole, he doesn't climb out. He digs deeper, enjoys the scenery, and comes out the other side enlightened."

"What we do see depends mainly on what we look for. ... In the same field the farmer will notice the crop, the geologists the fossils, botanists the flowers, artists the colouring, sportmen the cover for the game. Though we may all look at the same things, it does not all follow that we should see them."

"The public wants work which flatters its illusions."

"I think the key to great art and great artists is to just fully be yourself and not be scared of that, and be the extremes of your personality. Show the extremes of your personality and embrace the imperfections. Embrace the things about yourself that you might not like."

"When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another."

"Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal."

"Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything."

"You don’t make art out of good intentions."

"Many artists and scholars have pointed out that ultimately art depends on human nature."

"Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas."

"The best artists know what to leave out."

"Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is."