Federico Garcia Lorca Quotes

For the serious artist does not satisfy needs

I have the loftiest idea, and the most passionate one, of art. Much too lofty to agree to subject it to anything. Much too passionate to want to divorce it from anything.

The writer's only responsibility is to his art.

I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota, without . . . having painted as much as you can cover with your hand, to please somebody or in order to sell the picture more easily.

Some people have been kind enough to call me a fine artist. I've always called myself an illustrator. I'm not sure what the difference is. All I know is that whatever type of work I do, I try to give it my very best. Art has been my life.

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.

I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota.

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

The worst state of affairs is when science begins to concern itself with art.

Any artist that's involved in their work is inevitably going to have a focus in what they do.

As an artist your first loyalty is to your art. Unless this is the case, you're going to be a second-rate artist.

To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist.

Most female artists - to do what you have to do and to be as honest as you have to be, to be as selfish as you have to be, as tunnel-visioned as you have to be to make art, not entertainment - you can't compromise, really.

As an artist, I will always give art more importance and preference than pure entertainment.

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

The market kills more artistic passion than anything else.

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.

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.

Art requires, above all things, a suppression of self, a subordination of one's self to an idea.

Art is a severe business; most serious when employed in grand and sacred objects. The artist stands higher than art, higher than the object. He uses art for his purposes, and deals with the object after his own fashion.

This is what it is the business of the artist to do. Art is theft, art is armed robbery, art is not pleasing your mother.

As an artist, you don't stop making art because people are not buying it.

An artist in my view is always afraid of extremists; he is always afraid of those who claim to have found the ultimate solution to any question.

I put everything I can into a record. That's what art is for. I take a risk every time I do one with my whole being.

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