No good artist is ever really starving. - Anonymous

Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself,
but talent instantly recognizes genius. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Immature artists imitate.
Mature artists steal. - Pablo Picasso

Painting's not important.
The important thing is keeping busy. - Anna Mary Robertson Moses {Grandma Moses}

Painting; the art of protecting flat surfaces from the weather and exposing them to the critic. - Ambrose Bierce

Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump. - Auguste Rodin

Art is making something out of nothing & then selling it. - Frank Zappa

A government supported 'artist' is an incompetent whore. - Heinlen

Once in seven years I burn all my sermons;
for it is a shame if I cannot write better sermons now than I did seven years ago. - John Wesley

To say of a picture, as is often said in it's praise,
that it shows great and earnest labor, is to say that it is incomplete and unfit for view. - James McNeill Whistler

Very few people possess true artistic ability.
It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort.
If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass. - Fran Lebowitz