Edgar Degas Quotes

As artists, we have to be brave. If we aren't brave, we aren't artists.

To create one's world in any of the arts takes courage.

A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you're not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut, it's never going to be good.

A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you're not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut, it's never going to be good.

In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.

Making art is an act of courage. Do you know who said that?

The ant's a centaur in his dragon world. Pull down thy vanity, it is not man Made courage, or made order, or made grace, Pull down thy vanity, I say pull down. Learn of the green world what can be thy place In scaled invention or true artistry, Pull down thy vanity, Paquin pull down! The green casque has outdone your elegance.

Nature is garrulous to the point of confusion, let the artist be truly taciturn.

Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.

You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage.

As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail.

Songwriting is the most terrifying thing to me, because you are really laying your heart out there.

Art is all in the details.

It will always take a certain audacity to write or to make art of any kind.

What is war but your usual custom? Or what is sweeter for a brave man than to seek revenge with his own hand? It is right for nature to glut the soul with vengeance. Let us then attack the foe eagerly, for they are ever the bolder who make the attack.

All I really care about is making great music and putting on great shows. I think, to do that, you have to be fearless. It certainly doesn't help to be insecure.

So many of my paintings, people would be like, 'What more do you have to do?' But the smallest little things make all of the difference.

I always look for projects that are risky and ones that want to do something unique. If audiences don't like it, you feel good knowing that you were brave enough to do something original. If they do like it, you feel like everyone is rewarded, because we all got to see something new.

One thing I've learned from my parents and from observing all the artists I've been lucky enough to grow up around is that you've got to be brave.

The people I'm inspired by and I listen to are all ballsy, and I feel like I'm closer to an artist when they're open and honest.

I hope for continued bravery and risk-taking for all theatremakers in 2018 and beyond.

Anybody who perceives colors can become a painter. It's simply a question of whether or not one has felt anything and whether one has the courage to recount the things one has felt.

There is a great quote from a female writer. She said, 'If you don't break out in a sweat of fear when you write, you are not writing well enough. I tend to agree. I think my best pictures come when I push myself.

Your life is a work of art, and in the end, the underlying theme of great art is bravery and hope and love.

Art is a personal act of courage.