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An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist.

It's only when an artist becomes a master that they are fully able to express themselves.

When an artist leaves his work to amuse people, he loses his time and their respect. If people are to be amused by artists, it must be by employing them in their legitimate occupation.

I have a lot of respect for all the artists I get compared to, even if, as an artist, you prefer to have your own identity.

I think possibly, as an artist, you're always treated with a certain respect but also with a certain sort of nervousness.

A true artist is expected to be all that is noble-minded, and this is not altogether a mistake; on the other hand, however, in what a mean way are critics allowed to pounce upon us.

Artists don't really want to be marginalized. They believe that everybody should be able to appreciate the experience that an artist gives them, an experience that connects us to each other in a deep way.

Any artist always has misgivings about calling himself an artist.

Look, none of the artists who I admire or respect have ever shied away from a role because it might make them unpopular with somebody.

I passionately hate the idea of being with it; I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.