Frank Ocean Quotes

Beauty is the sole ambition, the exclusive goal of Taste.

It's only when an artist becomes a master that they are fully able to express themselves.

I'm just following my own art, and I just think that the only thing I can do to be a great artist is do the best job I can in whatever movie I do.

In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised.

To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.

Art is something to be proud of. Art is no compromise.

One does not devote one's life in art to shock an audience.

My goal has always been to just be a person who makes great art.

An artist has to be selfish; otherwise, he's not true to his own art.

It's about being true to my artistry, which I've been doing. It's super important to do smart films.

For the serious artist does not satisfy needs

I try to make my music interesting to me first, then hopefully other people will find it interesting, too.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

I'm not an artist who has an agenda that's set by the work.

If people would like to come to my concerts I'd love them to come. And if they like the music that I make, I love that too. But I do not make music for other people. I make it to please myself.

I don't believe that artists really are interested in money. That's not the motivation for art.

All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.

The only way for me to be an artist is to be honest in my craft. If I veer from that, I'm not giving the investors what they want. Sometimes it's my job as an artist to know what I want to do, even when the fans tell me different.

Generally, I move in the direction of art.

Painting is a faith, and it imposes the duty to disregard public opinion.

As an artist, you're always somewhat obscure. We're not talking Hollywood.

Whatever art form you're working in, it's crucial to see it clearly, to feel it clearly, and not to worry about the results, or how someone else will see it.

I don't really make movies because I want to see my face on a billboard or because I want to get good reviews or have a big box office. That doesn't really matter to me at all.

I don't want to sound like an aesthete, but one has to be true to the art. And that means being true to the tradition of the art but also being true to your own artistic vision.

We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision.