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If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
When I conjure these memories, they are of the present to me, because after all, the artist is a kind of enchanter in time.
There are artists who are writers, but there was no such thing as cartoons that were written by somebody who couldn't draw.
I mean, there's plenty of artists who are making R&B music, but because of their ethnicity, it's considered something else.
I feel like a slave, and in a way like an artist, because I need to get inspiration everyday, from everything and everyone.
I was working with real artists [in the Rum Diary], and that's difficult to do and very rare, in this industry, ironically.
Those people who recognise that imagination is reality's master, we call sages, and those who act upon it, we call artists.
Knowing that I inspired SAM SMITH is one of the most powerful experiences I've had as an artist. I was Sam. I still am Sam.
I love any opportunity to be able to dance. It's in my blood. I mean, I need to do it as an artist. I need to always do it.
Every artist is different - the pop mentality is different than bands for me, because I'm playing a lot of the instruments.
My daughter's 19. I'm not asking her to develop as an artist. I'm just asking her to develop as a full person, human being.
I just consider myself an artist. I dont really rap. I dont really sing. I just do what I feel is good, and people like it.
Kurt Cobain represents a very legit, realistic outlook. Before that, in my head, to be a white artist was to be privileged.
Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great.
My make-up artist, she uses bronzer on the eyelids too. And also a little bit on the forehead to make everything look even.
Much arrogance is necessary equipment for an artist, I think. Not sufficient, but necessary. It carries one across the gaps.
Something in me was instinctively drawn to the life of a misunderstood, brilliant and wilful artist. I wanted to become one.
I'm always looking for ways to develop as an artist, especially as a jazz artist-to find different ways of testing my voice.
I think it is so great when artists use their voice to help other people and it is really great to be a part of the benefit.
The moment that an artist takes notice of what other people want, and tries to supply the demand, he ceases to be an artist.
We're committed to giving the independent artists we support the best stage to share their mind-blowing work with audiences.
As artists, I think that one of the good qualities we have is that we're imaginative. We're resourceful. We like challenges.
As artists, it's really important to take time to see what other art is happening and to know what's happening in the world.
The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance.
An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create.
I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought.
An artist who makes pictures that look good but express nothing is like a writer whose words sound good but have no meaning.
Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating empathy can we truly grow as people.
The artist discards all theories, both his own and those of others. He forgets everything when he is in front of his canvas.
Every team member who brings intelligence, experience and passion to their creations should be called an artist or designer.
Thought that can merge wholly into feeling, feeling that can merge wholly into thought - these are the artist's highest joy.
I, like all artists in Western cultures, am a shaman...come in the guise of a comic...to heal perception by using...'jokes'.
In my experience, as a young black artist, you have to fulfill an archetype, or be a token - and I was unwilling to do that.
Each artist or writer who works in Venice comes to believe that the city yields its most special secret to him or her alone.
Show me the artist anywhere who's had an utterly stable mental life, and I'll buy you hot dinners for the rest of your life.
If the affairs of the world were put in the hands of the screwball artists, it couldn’t be in a worse state than it is now !
For a female artist, it takes a lot more to be taken seriously if you're not sat down at a piano or with a guitar, you know?
I think confidence is the most appealing quality in any human being or any artist; that's what really attracts us to people.
There's a lack of creativity in every field because people are afraid. As an artist in this world we can do whatever we want
But an artist, he realized. Or rather so-called artist. Bohemian. That's closer to it. The artistic life without the talent.
I'm someone who admires artists like Madonna and David Bowie, who really change their sound drastically between each record.
What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?
No one is an artist unless he carries his picture in his head before painting it, and is sure of his method and composition.
The artist is a spectator, indifferent or impassioned, at the birth of his work, and observes the phases of its development.
With the pride of the artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists the small trumpet of your defiance.
The scenic ideals that surround even our national parks are carriers of a nostalgia for heavenly bliss and eternal calmness.
I feel like every artist has an opportunity to create something new and to challenge themselves to reach out to a new crowd.
Sometimes artists can have the same sound, but they can give you a show that makes you see it in a completely different way.
I believe an artist dies twice. The first time, it's just terrible - I've been there when the phone isn't ringing for years.
How can anybody learn anything from an artwork when the piece of art only reflects the vanity of the artist and not reality?