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I'm kind of a nerd, so whenever I get a chance to talk to an artist I really admire, I tend to gravitate to process.
God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the "self-made men", who take the credit.
The intensity of vision in the artist and of vividness in his creations are the sole tests of his imaginative power.
The art which is grand and yet simple is that which presupposes the greatest elevation both in artist and in public.
The sexuality is being sold to the artists as power when in fact it's not; it's a way of hypnotizing their audience.
Awakening your spiritual side is really what artists do. When you hit a groove, it's not you; it's the spirit world.
Country artists have advantages all over the place. The radio support is incredible. The fanbase is rabid, all over.
It is so difficult to mix with artists! You must choose business men to talk to, because artists only talk of money.
Everyone is an artist and a genius, I think. If we don't choose to limit ourselves then we are totally accomplished.
As an artist you have to fight and survive the wilderness to keep your creative freedom. Creativity is very fragile.
I'm not one of those artists having people there lying around on their paintings, you know, like Hockney or whoever.
I am a great admirer of Robert Vavra and love his beautiful photographs and books. He is a wonderful artist, a poet.
Today we've learned to celebrate mediocrity. Back in the day we had creative artists; today we have created artists.
It's important to let each artist do what makes him or her feel comfortable. Success should be a by-product of that.
The camera is first a means of self-discovery and a means of self-growth. The artist has one thing to say - himself.
I need someone who understands an artist's mentality. I couldn't be with someone who wouldn't let me have my freedom.
I want to be an artist you cannot categorize at all. You can't put a box around me. You can't put anything around me.
Plugins can be created to unleash your creativity and break down technical barriers between the artist and his ideas.
There are a lot of new artists that I really dig and I think they really understand what R&B and Soul music is about.
I always feel like it is a privilege to be able to be an artist and to be able to exhibit my work all over the world.
the capacity to work feeds on itself and has its own course of development. This is what artists have going for them.
A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
Well, you know, people don't know me as a country artist and I am new to the genre. But that's how I grew up singing.
A woman said to me when she first sat down, You're photographing the wrong side of my face. I said, Oh, is there one?
I've always been inspired by artists who have shown musical and intellectual curiosity and the courage to take risks.
When you go to take someone's picture, the first thing they say is, what you want me to do? Everyone is very awkward.
For me rappers and dancers are poets and artists and often times the most interesting performances are given by them.
I figure as an artist the best thing you can do is follow your heart - and if your heart is marketable, then you win.
When you sing live, you cannot expect any artist, except for the amazing Beyonce or GaGa, to get it right every time.
To wish for the crazy times one last time and freeze it in the memory of a camera is the least a great artist can do.
I'm guilty of extraordinary naivete, I suppose. But it's a naivete that I really don't want to abandon, not even now.
Loads of people, particularly artists, hate pretty pictures. Now I've never met anyone who didn't like a pretty face.
If you want to establish an international presence you can't do so from New York. You need the consecration of Paris.
Women and egoistic artists entertain a feeling towards science that is something composed of envy and sentimentality.
The purpose of subject matter is to veil technique. The great artist uses the cloak of resemblance to hide the means.
We're artists. We cry out to be exploited on some level. Write a dissertation on my work. Write a biography about me.
The natural reaction of the artist will be strongly towards bringing man back into focus as the center of importance.
I feel people are seeing me as a true artist rather than a singer, or an entertainer, or a girl who just makes songs.
I could paint for a hundred years, a thousand years without stopping and I would still feel as though I knew nothing.
Some artists think every woman is a groupie, and that every dude is a sucker, and I never looked at people like that.
When we are moved by art we are grateful that the artist lived, grateful that he labored in the service of his gifts.
Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
To get such beauty from something that has been produced from the artist's own imagination appealed to me enormously.
I think that is the role of the artist in society - the cultural role of the artist is to perform a healing function.
The artists that I love- whether painters or filmmakers- it's because something resonates in me because I've felt it.
Next to Morning Pages and Artist Dates, the most potent tool for contacting inner guidance and creativity is walking.
A great artist is never a closed subject, but this catalogue is a milestone production, as useful as it is beautiful.
I'm an artist first and foremost. So things are gonna go up and down and sideways and whichever way all through life.
I would love to collaborate on a graphic novel with an artist - I'm terrible at drawing but I really love that genre.
When we neglect the artist in ourselves, there is a kind of mourning that goes on under the surface of our busy lives.