Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes

I dreamed of being an artist.

There's only one reason for my whole life, and that's art. Nothing else counts; nothing else gives me pleasure; nothing else gives me satisfaction.

The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude.

You must have the devil in you to succeed in the arts.

A passion for his art, and an eager desire to excel, will more than supply an artist with the place of method.

Beauty is the sole ambition, the exclusive goal of Taste.

That's the motivation of an artist - to seek attention of some kind.

One day I would like to have my own art show.

Is an artist much more than a beggar?

Even as a kid in drawing class, I had real ambition. I wanted to be the best in the class, but there was always some other feller who was better; so I thought, 'It can't be about being the best, it has to be about the drawing itself, what you do with it.' That's kind of stuck with me.

Many young artists, they look at the art world and think they can make a lot of money.

My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.

I originally just wanted to be an artist.

An artist's career always begins tomorrow.

You see, my ambition was not to confound the engineering world but simply to create a beautiful piece of art.

I really want to continue doing art. I would love to go back to doing paintings one day.

As an artist, you find at different times you want to do different things.

I feel mushy these days when I think about art and artists and the work that lies ahead for us. There's good work to be done and there's joy to be found in it, I think.

I haven't the slightest idea what art is, but to be a painter is something of which you have to prove.

An amateur may not be an artist, though an artist should be an amateur.

O painter, take care lest the greed for gain prove a stronger incentive than renown in art, for to gain this renown is a far greater thing than is the renown of riches.

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.

Craft can get you through ninety percent of a piece, but it's art that carries you at the end.

An artist is like a pig snouting truffles.

You stand your ground and you perform your art. That's what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.