48 Movie Quotes about Artists (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Aug 28, 2026

Memorable quotes about artists, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Hi! You'll like Amy. She's an artist!

Tour Guide Barbie; Barbie; Jodi Benson in Toy Story 2

2 Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.

Peter O'Toole as Anton Ego; Peter O’Toole in Ratatouille

3 He's artistic? -No, he's autistic.

Dustin Hoffman as Raymond Babbitt; Tom Cruise as Charlie Babbitt in Rain Man (1988)

4 Your own father said that artists use lies to tell the truth.

Quote from V for Vendetta

5 If you're smart, you'll learn by heart what every artist knows.

Quote from The Aristocats

6 I thought that money didn't matter to artists. -It costs money to have a soul.

Jacqueline Bisset as Cathy; Steve McQueen as Lt. Frank Bullitt; Frank Bullitt in Bullitt (1968)

7 Hello, there, fellow artistes.

Paul Winchell as Tigger; Jim Cummings as Winnie The Pooh in The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh

8 I must say, you've become a better painter, my friend. -Maybe you've become a better critic.

Charles Boyer as Michel Marnet in Love Affair (1939)

9 Careful, sir, these are the hands of an artist!

Nigel Hawthorne as Fflewddur Fflam in The Black Cauldron

10 Oh, well, you see, I can't lay no egg just anywhere. Um... I'm an artist. I've got to have atmosphere... Uh, beautiful surroundings.

Mel Blanc as Daffy Duck in Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie