Quotes About Artistry

Every great artist has the sense of provocation.

Art is a profession, not a shrine.

In oratory the greatest art is to hide art.

Art is the highest expression of the human spirit.

Art is a shadow of what a person is thinking... a small glimpse of what they hold inside. Little secrets, regrets, joys... every line has its own meaning.

While other creators make a big show of their art Mani Sir makes it look as though anyone can do what he does.

The better the artist, the more vulnerable he seems to be.

While making art you should just do what is in your heart.

The moment you try to institutionalize art, it ceases to be art.

I refuse to confide and don't like it when people write about art.

Artists recognize other artists as soon as the pencil begins to move.

The job of the novelist is to invent: to embroider, to color, to embellish, to entertain, to make things up. The art of what I do lies not in research or even recollection but primarily in invention.

Neglect your art for one day and it will neglect you for two!

Reveal art; conceal the artist.

Art should be born from the materials.

The way I look is part of it. It sounds affected but I do see myself as a piece of living art.

A true artist is driven by the never-ending desire to create.

Maybe in any art you have to be wholly you in the context of whatever you're doing.

If you are going to break a Law of Art, make the crime interesting.

If I've grown as an artist, it will be represented in the art. There's no need to explain it.

I write because I write - as anyone in the arts does. You're a painter because you feel you have no choice but to paint. You're a writer because this is what you do.

I believe in art that conceals art.

Inside you there's an artist you don't know about.

All artists are two-headed calves.