Quotes by William Faulkner about Artists

3 quotes by William Faulkner about artists

William Faulkner

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know...

An artist is a creature driven by demons. He doesn't know why they choose him and he's usually too busy to wonder why.

Quote by William Faulkner about artists

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

Quote by William Faulkner about artists

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to be writers read the reviews, the ones who want to write don't have the time to read reviews.

Quote by William Faulkner about artists

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