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It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live.
I've told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to.
The world doesn't need an artist who shows reality as it is.
The greatest work of an artist is the history of a painting.
If you're going to be an artist, you need to be an original.
For me as a solo artist, I never want to be a nostalgia act.
Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.
I realized what an artist is and what it is to be an artist.
I think there are some artists whose works are misanthropic.
A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants.
It's silly to keep people alive who have a terrible disease.
I see the artist as a participant, a co-producer of reality.
We're artists too, but we do a good job hiding it, don't we?
I remember being so young I thought all artists were famous.
The over-reliance on photography holds so many artists back.
Through art we express our conception of what nature is not.
I have 12 paintings of Kaufman art. He is an amazing artist.
The function of the artist is to provide what life does not.
A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years.
An artist is always out of step with the time. He has to be.
The ability to play is essential to being a creative artist.
To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent.
Howard Ashman was an amazing lyricist and an amazing artist.
No artist is ever morbid. The artist can express everything.
People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.
I don't photograph any two people who are remotely the same.
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
The artist who makes himself accessible is self-destructive.
Artists can help re-imagine a conflict and start a dialogue.
Artists are people who create beauty. That's the bottom line.
I taught for 17 years in an inner city comprehensive schools.
Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist.
To copy others is necessary, but to copy oneself is pathetic.
No amount of thought can ever reveal what comes unexpectedly.
My God! How terrible these money questions are for an artist!
No artist, if he has original talent, can paint like another.
You don't hear no artists from Compton showing vulnerability.
What the soul is to the body, so is the artist to his people.
I firmly believe artists should be paid for what they create.
I think as an artist you have to reinvent yourself every day.
You're the artist - you make the music that you want to make.
I tell each artist they have to grow toward a revenue stream.
You can only be free as an artist if you're free as a person.
No muse shoots darts of insight into the unsuspecting artist.
As an artist you need to move on, you need to try new things.
I have a long-standing history of respecting artists' wishes.
I just want people to see my growth as an artist, and singer.
Gospel artists are messengers; they are vessels of a message.
The element of obsession is terribly important for an artist.