When you give an artist a canvas, you shouldn't tell him exactly how much paint to put on it, or exactly how sharp the images should be. You should let the artist get going.

A great artist is a great man in a great child.

The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.

An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.

Every artist has to grow, and has to challenge themselves with a new form of expression.

The reason that I'm an actor, or an artist, is ultimately because I'm trying to paint a self-portrait, and the most complete and beautiful self-portrait that you can.

Every one of us is an artist, and as an artist, you really can stroll into any venue that you want, as long as you take your time to learn the etiquette of that venue.

Great art is the outward expression of an inner life in the artist, and this inner life will result in his personal vision of the world.

Frost is the greatest artist in our clime - he paints in nature and describes in rime.

It's actually very freeing to be given permission as an artist to let that ride and to really let it ride, to actually experience it and bring it out of you. It's been uncomfortable and it's freeing at the same time.

I've been doing this for seven and a half years. I've been just bustin' it, trying to break in as an artist in this business. For me, it's still just about the work. I get the scripts and I'm all about that. I don't really even have an idea what that's going to be like.

Creation is dominated by three absolutely different factors: First, nature, which works upon us by its laws; second, the artist, who creates a spiritual contact with nature and his materials; third, the medium of expression through which the artist translates his inner world.

Every art expression is rooted fundamentally in the personality and temperament of the artist.

A work of art is a world in itself reflecting senses and emotions of the artist's world.

I am isolated as an artist, not as a person.