Art, Artists, and the People who Influence Them

Today, as you know, I am famous and very rich. But when I am alone with myself, I haven't the courage to consider myself an artist in the great and ancient sense of that word. . . . I am only a public entertainer who understands his age. Pablo Picasso

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business. John Berryman

The artist is not a reporter, but a great teacher. It is not his business to depict the world as it is, but as it ought to be. H. L. Mencken

That is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, and who records more than he has seen. Edward Craig

A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. Its beauty comes from the fact that the author is what he is. It has nothing to do with the fact that other people want what they want. Indeed, the moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist and becomes a dull or an amusing craftsman, an honest or a dishonest tradesman. Oscar Wilde

We are all artists in one form or another. Whether it is at work or home, the way we perform those ordinary everyday tasks is a product of our individual styles. True art is not that which is bought and sold. It is that which reflects our lives, our dreams, our heart.

You are an artist.

The world is waiting for your touch.

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