A true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot,
his mother drudge for his living at read more

A true artist will let his wife starve, his children go barefoot,
his mother drudge for his living at seventy, sooner than work at
anything but his art.

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

An artist is always alone - if he is an artist. No, what the artist needs is loneliness.

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways; but the good artists who follow after genius - read more

Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways; but the good artists who follow after genius - and I count myself among these - have to restore the lost connection once more.

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

Good artists copy, great artists steal.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Identity is theft of the self

Identity is theft of the self

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

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

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.

An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.