“In the expressive theory, the artist himself becomes the major element generating the artistic product, and the audience is secondary.”— M. H. Abrams
“The work of art is a statement of certain important things, and the artist is a person who is qualified to make such statements.”— Rudolf Arnheim
“An artist is a man who has antennae, who knows how to hook into the subconscious.”— Leonard Baskin
“To be an artist is to be a kind of amateur, a person who does something for the love of it.”— Brad Holland
“Often, very often, I am alone. My studio in Amsterdam, an enormous old tobacco storeroom, is my headquarters, my palace.”— Max Beckmann
“I'm a performer. I'm a stand-up. I'm a provocateur. I'm a satirist. I'm a singer. I'm an author. I'm an actress.”— Sandra Bernhard
“I suppose I would still be a misunderstood artist... I don't think I'm a misunderstood artist anymore.”— Roy Lichtenstein
“You can't separate the art from the artist, not with someone like Jim. His life was the art.”— Danny Sugerman