Artistic Fame Quotes

Art can contextualise and buttress fame. So rather than being antagonistic in the way Fugazi would have had it in 1989, particularly in the present, maybe they are one - they belong to one another.

Although most of us know Vincent van Gogh in Arles and Paul Gauguin in Tahiti as if they were neighbors -- somewhat disreputable but endlessly fascinating -- none of us can name two French generals or department store owners of that period. I take enormous pride in considering myself an artist, one of the necessaries.

The world of celebrity that comes with the world of art is not particularly interesting to me.

People sort of know me for that solo piano music I did.

I was aware of all the artists who make good debut records over the years, but no one hears them - and I wanted to make sure that didn't happen in my case.

Encased in talent like a uniform, The rank of every poet is well known; They can amaze us like a thunderstorm, Or die so young, or live for years alone.

Landscape is my mistress - 'tis to her I look for fame.

If I go to London, everyone wants to talk about Damien Hirst. I'm just not interested in him. Never have been.

I am really the most controversial artist in the world.

I photograph artists, and some of them are very well known, but if you ask the average man on the street, 'Do you like Anselm Kiefer?' He would stare at you with a blank stare, because these are not celebrities. They are celebrated in a specific circle.

I could be a star and maybe make lots of money, or I could change roles all the time and have a more interesting - and longer - career.

All too often, it is audacity and not talent that moves an artist to center stage.

I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits.

A lot of people found themselves working at the Factory and some even in his bed as a result of random occurrences like your call. Most famous artists have never been all that interested in meeting strangers. That was not the case with Andy Warhol at all.

The cult of individuality and personality, which promotes painters and poets only to promote itself, is really a business. The greater the 'genius' of the personage, the greater the profit.

If you're trying to work the art game, if you're like Andy Warhol or something, then you're in with cake-eaters of society. You want to get in with them and please them and get their money.

I am not an artist which is 'in.'

The two greatest strokes of luck that can happen to a painter are (1) to be Spanish, (2) to be called Dali

There is a constant ebb and flow in art historical reputations. The reputation of even the greatest figures like Picasso are in flux.

An artist don't make you bigger than life - being that person that can break artists can make you bigger than life.

It would be ridiculous for anyone to consider me the face of Korean art.

France, famed in all great arts, in none supreme.

Most painters want recognition, especially by their peers. I achieved that a long time ago with TV. I don't need any more.

Fame can amplify the message of art in a remarkable, meaningful way.

A painter with prestige among painters is bound to be discovered sooner or later.