Macklemore Quotes

To labor in the arts for any reason other than love is prostitution.

But where there is no art show, I would still be painting.

I don't like to say I have given my life to art. I prefer to say art has given me my life.

The market kills more artistic passion than anything else.

For the serious artist does not satisfy needs

To express what is the most moral, healthful and beautiful in art this is the mission of the dancer, and to this I dedicate my life.

There are lives lived for love, and lives lived for art. We, happy band, have chosen the later persuasion.

There's obviously always danger in making music or art for art's sake. Even as Christians we can be guilty of that, being more about the art than the Artist who gave us this gift.

I have never really been a great artist. I have been a human being that has loved art, which is not the same thing. But I have loved and believed in art and the idea of universal brotherhood so much, that I have put everything I have into them, and I have been blessed.

There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction.

My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.

When you start to think of the arts as not this thing that is going to get you somewhere in terms of becoming an artist or becoming famous or whatever it is that people do, but rather a way of making being in the world not just bearable, but fascinating, then it starts to get interesting again.

The art is more important than the artist. The work is more important than the person who does it. You must be prepared to sacrifice all the you could possibly have, be, or do; you must be willing to go all the way for your art. If it is a question between choosing between your life and a work of art -- any work of art -- your decision is made for you.

Bleed me of art, and there won't be enough liquid left in me to spit! [Michelangelo Buonorotti]

I gave myself over to music and art a long time ago, so I don't get to relax and I don't get to sit still. The best I can do is constantly create my own environment so it benefits what I need to accomplish in the next step.

I'm not the type to turn to drugs and alcohol, but I do have a profound devotion to art and music - and children.

A work of art is an act of love. Critics are crab lice.

When I'm working, on stage, entertaining people, or watching someone do something amazing, it inspires me to be the best artist that I can be. I enjoy being around art - whether it be a museum, a Broadway show - or even writing a poem. Those are things that make me feel alive and inspire me.

You stand your ground and you perform your art. That's what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.

Art is a jealous mistress.

To create art with all the passion in one's soul is to live art with all the beauty in one's heart.

I was always an artist. I was a broker to earn a living, but I was always thinking about my art.

You cannot create a piece of art merely for money. Doing it as part of commerce so denudes art of wonder that it ceases to be art.

Art is unthinkable without risk and spiritual self-sacrifice.

It is not right for painters to think that painting is like prostitution, that 'first you do it for love, then you do it for others, and finally you do it for money.