Morris Graves Quotes

I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]

I consider myself an artist. God granted me some gifts so that I could express myself artistically.

I want to be an artist, not... a celluloid aphrodisiac.

When I was in high school, I was going to be a painter because I had a facility for painting. I could do it, but I didn't have anything to say in that medium.

I have to take it as a given that I have got a certain ability to do something. I can be an artist, which is take something and transform it into another thing. I can just see something, and I can see my painting.

I don't believe in art. I believe in artists.

I don't think money can help you become a better painter, for sure. You can have all the studios you want; it won't help you make a better painting.

When art is about craftsmanship, then guys like me don't make it as artists.

I always knew I was gonna be an artist. I was very confident in that.

... a canvas that I have covered is worth more than a blank canvas. My pretensions go no further; that is my right to paint, my reason for painting.

The people I feel inspired around draw pictures, they make paintings.

It's like I'm basically an artist. I'm no different from a painter who sits there and loves what he does.

My main thing was painting; I was just going to do that.

I don't see myself as a photographer. I still see the photographs and collages as a resource for the painting.

I stick to what I do best, and I think what makes an artist an artist is when they know who they are.

Why do you think my name is Artist? I'm an artist.

You should have something to say, an idea you want to get out, and if you don't, just get out of the way, 'cause there's so many great musicians and writers that are in the queue.

As an artista, I'm not always beautiful.

The best of any artist is in their art.

My passion for painting is so sacred and personal to me.

I got out of this school and went to Camberwell College of Arts, a terribly prestigious thing to do. I was there to be a painter. And I sketched so well that, a year later, I was sent to Slade School of Fine Art, one of the great art schools.

I think people should just make art and let the art speak for itself.

I didn't have any real idea that I was going to be an artist; I had no idea what that meant.

Art is a gift and if nobody hears it, that doesn't make it any less of a gift.

I think that there's a difference between being an entertainer and being an artist.