Artists
- William Alexander (artist) (1915–1997), East-Prussian artist, star of The Magic of Oil Painting
- William Alexander (painter) (1767–1816), British artist
- William Alexander (author) (born 1976) American author, winner of 2012 National Book Award
Read more about this topic: William Alexander
Famous quotes containing the word artists:
“For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing himself as our guide.”
—Thomas Mann (1875–1955)
“Immature artists imitate. Mature artists steal.”
—Lionel Trilling (1905–1975)
“For us artists there waits the joyous compromise through art with all that wounded or defeated us in daily life; in this way, not to evade destiny, as the ordinary people try to do, but to fulfil it in its true potential—the imagination.”
—Lawrence Durrell (1912–1990)