Walt Whitman Quotes

An artist is only an ordinary man with a greater potentiality.

Inside you there's an artist you don't know about.

I think everybody has a painter inside of them somewhere.

Our internal artist is always our creative child.

Most people don't find their creativity. There are more unsung geniuses that don't even know they have great talent.

We are all Michaelangelos.

Inside you there’s an artist you don’t know about… say yes quickly, if you know, if you’ve known it from before the beginning of the universe.

You are an over-excited little man, with a need for self-expression far beyond the scope of your natural gifts. This is not discreditable. Neither does it make you an artist.

Not everyone can become a great artist; but a great artist *can* come from *anywhere*.

We have a natural creative ability and it is very important to realize this.

At moments we are all artists.

Artists are born not made. There's nothing you can do for them.

It amazed me how some people could touch an instrument and create something so beautiful, and when others tried, like me, it just sounded like mangled noise.

Everybody's an artist. Unfortunately we don't treat them as such.

All men are creative but few are artists.

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent.

I think that these are different times, and different things are available to artists, and certain things have become passé. You've already seen the outcome of a lot of things that seemed to have a lot of potential. We've already heard that, and I can't tell you if it made a difference or not. But we already know that artists can do that, and they shouldn't feel threatened by doing it. They're probably not going to change the world. They're going to change a few people's perspectives and maybe make somebody's day at times, if they can.

I started painting as a hobby when I was little. I didn't know I had any talent. I believe talent is just a pursued interest. Anybody can do what I do.

We're artists too, but we do a good job hiding it, don't we?

If you want to get somewhere in this life, learn to draw beautiful women.

No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything.

In abandoning the vagueness of the sketch the artist shows more of his personality by revealing the range but also the limitations of his talent.

Everyone who has any talent at all in sketching, painting, sculpturing or carving, should have the opportunity to use that talent. The expression is important for the person, and can tremendously enrich the lives of other people. What can you do?

Never yet could I find that a black had uttered a thought above the level of plain narration; never saw even an elemental trait of painting or sculpture.

A writer writes with his genius; an artist paints with hers; everyone who creates operates from this sacramental center.