An artist is forced by others to paint out of his own free will.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does what he does for one reason and one reason only-he can't help doing it.
An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose.
The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.
An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist.
An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.
The artist forges himself to the others, midway between the beauty he cannot do without and the community he cannot tear himself away from. That is why true artists scorn nothing: they are obliged to understand rather than to judge.
I don't think any one person, whether artist or not, has been given permission by anyone to put the responsibility of the way things are on anyone else.
The artist is not responsible to any one. His social role is asocial... his only responsibility consists in an attitude to the work he does.
Painting is self-discovery. Every good artist paints what he is.
An artist is his own fault.