One can have no smaller or greater mastery than mastery of oneself.
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.
Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.
There are painters who transform the sun to a yellow spot, but there are others who with the help of their art and their intelligence, transform a yellow spot into sun
Did any artist ever bring more pure joy to more people than Fred Astaire?
The artist is not a 'Sunday child' for whom everything immediately succeeds. He does not have the right to live without duty. The task that is assigned to him is painful, it is a heavy cross for him to bear.
Dead he is not, but departed, for the artist never dies.
Remember I'm an artist. And you know what that means in a court of law. Next worst to an actress
In the fabric of space and in the nature of matter, as in a great work of art, there is, written small, the artist's signature.
I don't look at the work of my contemporaries very much; I tend to look at pictures by dead artists. It's much easier to get near their paintings.
I just feel passionately about a few things and particularly about helping artists get off the ground.
Most artists come in and out of the country, they stay may be 2 weeks - or a month max and then they leave.
Instead of thinking that's a nice tune, you start thinking is it the right pace, is it the right tempo? That is the death nell for artists.
An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
I found I could say things with color and shapes that I couldn't say any other way - things I had no words for.
No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.
The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.
As an artist, all I need is my paints and brushes - and someone to drag me away when the canvas is done
The artist uses the talent he has, wishing he had more talent. The talent uses the artist it has, wishing it had more artist.
Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble.
I think musicians and artists are the most philanthropic people I know. Their charity record of the music business would hold up to the work of anybody.
Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.
If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
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