#Artists

"Great artists suffer for the people."

"The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth."

"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?"

"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."

"I was the least Pop of all the Pop artists."

"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"

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

"Real artists take the misery and sadness of life and translate it into art."

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

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

"I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages."

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

"Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal."

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

"Artists exist to show us the world. So do windows."

"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."

"I do not deny that I have made drawings and watercolors of an erotic nature. But they are always works of art. Are there no artists who have done erotic pictures?"

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

"Fueled by my inspiration, I ran across the room to steal the cup of coffee the bookshelf had taken prisoner. Lapping the black watery brew like a hyena, I tossed the empty cup aside. I then returned to the chair to continue my divine act of creation. Hot blood swished in my head as my mighty pen stole across the page."

"Feet on the ground, head in the clouds. That's how giants walk."