Top Artist Quotes

Through synergy of intellect, artistry and grace came into existence the blessing of a dancer.

Art should be for sale. The artist should not.

Artist Definition

(n.) One who practices some mechanic art or craft; an artisan.

(n.) One who professes and practices an art in which science and taste preside over the manual execution.

(n.) One who shows trained skill or rare taste in any manual art or occupation.

(n.) An artful person; a schemer.

I came to pen another poem for you, but even every unwritten poem is you.

If an Artist falls in love with you, you will live forever.

Caution not spirit, let it roam wild; for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency.

When I create a masterpiece I feel alive! When my creation is revered I feel immortal.

The imagination of the genius vastly surpasses his intellect; the intellect of the academic vastly surpasses his imagination

I have forced myself to contradict myself in order to avoid conforming to my own taste.

In advanced societies it is not the race politicians or the "rights" leaders who create the new ideas and the new images of life and man. That role belongs to the artists and intellectuals of each gen...

Art invariably grows out of a period when, in general, the artist admires his own nation and wants to win its approval.

Art is my cure to all this madness, sadness and loss of belonging in the world & through it I'll walk myself home.

If birds sing without worrying about who is listening to them, and monkeys dance without worrying about who is watching them, and hyenas laugh without worrying about who is mocking them, then you too...

Never be ashamed of madness, instead be ashamed of people that are ashamed of madness. Without a little bit of insanity, we would have never had the Theory of Relativity, electricity, airplanes, cars...

It is a dangerous thing to substitute reading or writing for living. Live first, then write.

Burdened no more is soul for whom life flows through dance like breath.

Artistic temperament is like a king with vigor and unlimited opportunity. You shake the structure to pieces by playing with it.

Literature will save me it's the only certainty i am sure of.

If movements were a spark every dancer would desire to light up in flames.

Not every artistic person should have to be a photographer, but every photographer should be artistic.

To be in any way a positive contribution, that's all anybody wants to be. It's all I've ever wanted to be. I wanted to be an artist, be a mother. You want to feel that in your life you've been of use,...