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I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work to the capabilities of a very small screen.
Sometimes being an artist means knowing when to let someone see something in you that is there that you can't hear or see.
'Honey' was the first song I wrote where I was really enjoying myself again after questioning the idea of being an artist.
An artist is completely amoral in that he will rob, beg, borrow, or steal from anybody and everybody to get the work done.
The greatest artists like Dylan, Picasso and Newton risked failure. And if we want to be great, we've got to risk it, too.
Instead of causing us to remember the past like the old monuments, the new monuments seem to cause us to forget the future
There were a lot of artists in St. Ives. In fact, since the time of Whistler, St. Ives has been noted as an artist colony.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, said Browning, and so it has - extended by the length of an artist's brush.
I sometimes just don't like to see the Ultimate Fighting. I just find it, as a martial artist, I just find it too violent.
We lost so many talented artists and writers from the generations before ours that we're really lacking older figureheads.
I wasn't really sold on being an artist until high school, my senior year. I was going to do the college thing originally.
Activists are cultural artists. They envision a world that does not yet exist, and then take action to create that world.'
That's the most important part of all the music I produce: making sure the artist is bringing themselves out in the music.
The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.
As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it's been a huge promotional tool for me.
The privilege of struggling artists is ... the life being buried in what we can't really afford of* what a gorgeous life!!
My biggest surprise is probably the level of involvement of all the artists [in Valerian] who participated at every level.
I think nearly every artist continually wants to reach the edge of nothingness - the point where you can’t go any further.
In general, and most especially with artists, I pay as much attention to the man who does the work, as to the work itself.
It's a very satisfying feeling for everyone involved into giving bands a new life - for me, the artists, and the audience.
To be a great artist, you have to be willing to take risks and to do things that no one would ever pay you for - at first.
One difference between artists and ordinary people is that artists have big egos. In some cases, it's the only difference.
It's not curators, it's not critics, it's not the public, it's not collectors who find great artists - it's other artists.
I’m here now, I’m inevitably going to die at some point, and as an artist I feel an ardent urge to constantly be creating.
An artist can only be evaluated after he's dead. At the 11th hour he might do something that will eclipse everything else.
Being an artist is not easy - I have always said that to the students I have taught over the years. It's a huge sacrifice.
I listen to a lot of music. But I definitely haven't looked at an artist and like thought I want to have a song like this.
The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant.
Sometimes two artists wanna work together, but it doesn't mean it's gonna happen, because you have to find the right idea.
I am the type of artist where you can't tell me anything. I have always been that way. I am right. I don't need any input.
I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to do-you know, instead of pulling out a gun.
The reason actors, artists, writers have agents is because we'll do it for nothing. That's a basic fact - you gotta do it.
What I definitely learnt from Michael Jackson is that simple is almost always better. As a songwriter, as an artist period.
The artist looks for a subject. You know, a lot of new poets don't seem to have a subject. I don't totally understand that.
I was always making things. Even though art was what I did every day, it didn't even occur to me that I would be an artist.
My ultimate goal is to really be a huge music artist to the point where one day people forget that I was on a reality show.
I'd love to be an artist. My mum is so talented and she used to design her own greetings cards. I'm crap at drawing though.
To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.
My job as art critic is to watch artists dance naked in public, and then I will, in turn, dance naked critically in public.
You absorb so much from whatever your environment is, as an artist, and you learn to take from it what can help you create.
I am an artist and have no right buggering about with verbs and split infinitives, which is what being a writer says to me.
If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.
I had met American artists and just couldn't believe their energy. London was always such a struggle to get anything going.
Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn't an artist out there who could survive without hit songs.
I don't think people are born artists; I think it comes from a mixture of your surroundings, the people you meet, and luck.
My life is as an artist, not an entertainer. I don't consider myself an entertainer, but I can do that thing when I want to
You continue to evolve with each album that goes by and, as an artist, you continue to expand with every recording project.
Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show.
The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does.
You give yourself permission to be the person you want to be, the artist you want to be, no matter what your circumstances!