Zubin Mehta Quotes

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.

I don't paint to live, I live to paint.

I never thought about doing anything other than making art.

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

I originally just wanted to be an artist.

I get to sing and act and write and create and produce for a living and share art with people, and I feel like a piece of that is in honor of those who came before me.

I'm not looking to be an artist to make money. I'm looking to be an artist.

I love an art-school girl. I mean... don't we all?

I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no ordinary artist I had in mind.

I want to work in art forever.

Artists were always referred to as great artists. I thought that's what the profession was. One word: great-artist. There wasn't one moment in my life when I thought I wanted to be anything else.

There were a million different things I could have chosen or wanted to do, but the path of an artist was the one that pulled me the most.

Kanye is a student of art. He's an art-school-dropout type of kid that will talk about art till the cows come home.

When it comes to art, you just need to be focused on doing a great thing. Not thinking all about the business.

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

I never knew what my role in art was, because I was such a deep appreciator and such a passionate appreciator. But every time I would try to sit down and be an illustrator or painter, it was just not my best use.

I like to think of myself as a true artist.

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

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

A life lived for art, is never a life wasted.

I love painting. I went to college in fine arts, and I still do it all the time.

To be able to do art, it was a luxury to me.

Anything that had to do with art I been doing all my life. It was a gift. It's nothing I work real hard at doing.

In a lot of the art world, you have to present yourself as you know what you're doing at a young age. Music gave me another outlet. The 'no wave' bands were such an inspiration; it felt so free - once you start doing it, it's hard to stop. But I can't get away from art. It comes back around. I wouldn't be true to myself if I didn't pursue it.

If it is the mark of the artist to love art before everything, to renounce everything for its sake, to think all the sweet human things of life well lost if only he may attain something, do some good, great work - then I was never an artist.