An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation.
I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind.
Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist.
No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.
Basically, an artist should be a mirror, or a reflection of society or his or her environment. What you see is what you can articulate.
What an artist is trying to do for people is bring them closer to something, because of course art is about sharing. You wouldn't be an artist unless you wanted to share an experience, a thought.
When I say artist I mean the man who is building things - creating molding the earth - whether it be the plains of the west - or the iron ore of Penn. It's all a big game of construction - some with a brush - some with a shovel - some choose a pen.
I don't use the word 'artists' lightly.
An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God.
There is actually no such thing as an Artist type. 'Artist' is just an economic designation, a box you tick on a form. We are all people, and we are all creative.