Great Artist Quotes

Well, in order for me to be successful... In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times.

I've never been able to understand where great artists come from.

The great artist takes what he needs.

I wish I was a great writer or a great journalist or a great scientist or a great artist; I'm not.

A great artist ... takes what he did not make and makes of it something that only he can make.

The artists who the world has always recognized as the greatest are those with the widest sympathy. The greatness of the great artist depends precisely on the width and the intensity of his sympathy.

[Abbas Kiarostami] is a great artist and a poet. I sometimes think that if Samuel Beckett made films, he'd make them like Kiarostami makes them.

The first time I sang with David Daniels... I had never performed with a countertenor before. That first time was magic, it was so beautiful. And he's such a great artist.

A truly great artist has many talents.

The great artist is conscious of the talent and power he possesses otherwise he would not see his faults and so would not be able to improve.

A great artist has a unique vision...obsession. They are someone willing to fail flamboyantly.

[Phil Wood] was a great artist, and he knew things. He could be mildly conversant in several languages.

To be a great artist, you have to be willing to take risks and to do things that no one would ever pay you for - at first.

I guess I am ruthless too because that's what makes a great artist. But I also respect people, I don't go around stepping on their heads.

I didn't come after Elvis and Dylan, I've been around always. But if I see or meet a great artist, I love 'em.

What if Van Gogh had taken medication for his mental illness? Would the world have been deprived of a great artist?

A great artist can really enter the logic of any particular mazurka and fully understand the language of Chopin's music.

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

I didn't know what to expect, having not been an artist before. From the outside, you only see romantic snapshots of what seems like a great lifestyle, and it is, but it's also grueling.

Be a great artist especially when you draw your life’s picture.

I make art when I can't gather the words to say.