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The artist must create a spark before he can make a fire and before art is born, the artist must be ready to be consumed by the fire of his own creation.

— Auguste Rodin

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✓Similar Perspectives

Any creation of art is conceived and born under influences, amidst the atmosphere of reverie and the most customary volition of the artist. It is there, in any case, that his work arises from.

— Emile Galle

An artist needs to live to create, and to live means to suffer.

— Joe Wright

Among the mysteries of the creative ego is how the transcendence of what artists do is their own response to the darkness of who they are, and the same personal darkness that is at odds with the art is what propels artists to the light of what they create.

— Steve Erickson

I think each artist lives with purpose. A strong sense of purpose. We know who's come before us.

— Jidenna

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.

— Nick Cave

The artist produces for the liberation of his soul. It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down the hill.

— W. Somerset Maugham

To create a work of art is to create the world.

— Wassily Kandinsky

Every artist makes himself born. It is very much harder than the other time, and longer.

— Willa Cather

✗Opposing Perspectives

You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there.

— Maria Callas

I shy away from the word 'creation.' In the ordinary, social meaning of the word - well, it's very nice, but fundamentally, I don't believe in the creative function of the artist. He's a man like any other.

— Marcel Duchamp