Quotes about Artists

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Good artists copy, great artists steal. — Pablo Picasso
Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal. — Igor Stravinsky
You can tell all our songs come from us and from our artists, the people we write with and travel with. — Zac Brown
I find beauty in the grotesque, like most artists. — Alexander McQueen
Imagination is not the exclusive appanage of artists, but belongs in varying degrees to all men. — George Henry Lewes
Artists live in unknown spaces and give themselves over to following something unknown. — Kiki Smith
Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal. — Lionel Trilling
I don't believe in art. I believe in artists. — Marcel Duchamp
Artists don't make objects. Artists make mythologies. — Anish Kapoor
Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is. — Robert Smithson
The best artists know what to leave out. — Charles de Lint
When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another. — Sol LeWitt
Great artists suffer for the people. — Marvin Gaye
I was the least Pop of all the Pop artists. — Robert Indiana
The most aggressive artists often hide their romantic side. — Don Johnson
My proudest achievement has been the success of the shows and artists I have been involved with, because they were made — Simon Cowell
The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself. — Michelangelo