Quotes About Passion

I'm all about supporting anyone whose art is also the way they make their living.

Somebody said us artists have trouble with success because art is derived from struggle. I disagree with that, because truely doing your art is success, whether you make money from it or not.

Art is one of the few careers without a mandatory retirement age.

I was a fine arts major in college, and a painter for many years. And I found that, like writing, art is very similar.

I always wanted to be a doctor and go to art school, but I thought Id regret it if I didnt act.

I was 11 when I was first introduced to live drawing classes and going to art school.

So that's what art is, for the artist," said Crake. "An empty drainpipe. An amplifier. A stab at getting laid.

Art is a hot soup in this cold world!

All art is about appealing to emotion.

I serve with my art and creativity. That makes me most happy.

I also had a tremendous passion for art and read a lot.

Art is what is unnecessary, but necessary only to that artist.

I really wasn't about to get a Ph.D. in art history, you know, which you'd absolutely needed. And that was not something I wanted. And I loved art history, but not that way.

I'm not the type to turn to drugs and alcohol, but I do have a profound devotion to art and music - and children.

Art is the most important thing to me in the entire world. It is my passion. Nothing else. End of story.

When I got into art school, I thought it was paradise. I wanted to be an artist so much that I was really driven and nothing could stop me.

Works of Art can only be produc'd in Perfection where the Man is either in Affluence or is Above the Care of it.

An art school is generated only by the intensity and heat of a common pressure.

Art is what is irresistible.

Art is like breathing for me. If I don't do it, I start to choke.

If you think art is a competitive forum, then you're going to stop doing it if you're not good. But if it's not competitive, it's something that you'll keep doing.

Art and resistance are great together. That's what art's made for. Look at Vincent van Gogh: He didn't cut off his ear because he was selling well.

In art, I think it's not useful to be a professional of the profession. It will not give you something new.

Since Mozart's day composers have learned the art of making music throatily and palpitatingly sexual.