Art is whether or not there is a scream in him wanting to get out in a special way.
Chaim Potok, My Name Is Asher Lev
Are artists and writers the only people entitled to lives of their own?
Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road
Every true artist is the salvation of every other. Only artists produce for each other a world that is fit to live in.
D.H. Lawrence, Women in Love
Why is it every other person you meet says they’re an artist? A real artist doesn’t need to gas on about it, he doesn’t have time. He does his work and sweats it out in silence, and no one can help him at all.
Paula McLain, The Paris Wife
