Ann Patchett Art Quotations

You can’t control what other people think about your art. Think about the part of yourself that you can control, which is your ability to be kind and loving and creative.

Art stands on the shoulders of craft, which means that to get to the art, you must master the craft.

Write because you love the art and the discipline, not because you're looking to sell something.

The tricky thing about being a writer, or about being any kind of artist, is that in addition to making art you also have to make a living.

Some people are born to make great art and others are born to appreciate it. … It is a kind of talent in itself, to be an audience, whether you are the spectator in the gallery or you are listening to the voice of the world's greatest soprano. Not everyone can be the artist. There have to be those who witness the art, who love and appreciate what they have been privileged to see.