To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

The artist is nothing without the gift but the gift is nothing without work.

Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.

A great artist is always before his time or behind it.

Every production of an artist should be the expression of an adventure of his soul.

An artist is a dreamer consenting to dream of the actual world.

Even a true artist does not always produce art.

An artist never really finishes his work he merely abandons it.

Every human is an artist. The dream of your life is to make beautiful art.

Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning restless urge to write or paint simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist and the less the artist does the better.

An artist cannot fail it is a success to be one.

The artist is a receptacle for emotions that come from all over the place: from the sky from the earth from a scrap of paper from a passing shape from a spider's web.

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.

Every artist dips his brush in his own soul and paints his own nature into his pictures.

An artist is not paid for his labor but for his vision.

Every artist was first an amateur.

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did he would cease to be an artist.

The highest art is always the most religious and the greatest artist is always a devout person.

True art is characterized by an irresistible urge in the creative artist.

Even though I build buildings and I pursue my architecture I pursue it as an artist. I deliberately keep a tiny studio. I don't want to be an architectural firm. I want to remain an artist.

It's usually a big kind of vent of frustration or anger or sadness that puts me in the right frame of mind to write. It's such a cliche to say that artists write when they're down but it's true for me. It's a relief to get out what's eating away at my heart or my soul or my head.

It's amazing to see things that are suggested in the book fully developed and so brilliantly realized through the artistry of the designers.

With so many amazing artists on one bill we expect this concert to be incredibly powerful in its ability to raise both money and awareness for the long-term rebuilding effort we must all support.