« The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life. » – William Faulkner

« It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it’s a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I’m all right when I completely immerse myself in work, but I’ll always remain half crazy. » – Vincent van Gogh

« The secret of art is love. » – Antoine Bourdelle

« God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just keeps on trying other things. » – Pablo Picasso

« Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up. » – Pablo Picasso

« The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist » – Eric Gill

« The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation. » – Auguste Rodin

« If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. » – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

« The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is. » – Willa Sibert Cather

« The true artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes » – Ralph Waldo Emerson