Quotes about artist
artist ageing admire
I admire artists who are ageing and still retaining their edge. Paul McGann
artist oil nervous
My nervous system is enfeebled, only work in oils can sustain me. Paul Cezanne
artist narcissist
A lot of artists are such narcissists. Kristen Stewart
artist outcast pariahs
In my day artists wanted to be outcasts, pariahs. Now they are all integrated into society Marcel Duchamp
artist sensitive being-an-artist
That's part of being an artist; you have to be that sensitive. Margaret Cho
artist political relation
I studied political science and international relations, so I never considered myself an artist. Philippe Falardeau
artist together architect
If, early on, you know how things are put together, then you can build. The architect is in charge of making - he is not an artist. Peter Zumthor
artist ipods people
In the 2000s, I became an artist. I started preserving and educating. I became more obsessed with making iPod playlists for people. Questlove
artist rewards should
The only reward one should offer an artist is to buy his work. Pierre-Auguste Renoir
artist grace delicacy
Berthe Morisot was a painter full of eighteenth-century delicacy and grace; in a word, the last elegant and 'feminine' artists since Fragonard.
artist two imagination
If you paint the leaf on a tree without using a model, your imagination will only supply you with a few leaves; but Nature offers you millions, all on the same tree. No two leaves are exactly the same. The artist who paints only what is in his mind must very soon repeat himself.
artist people kind
Usually people like to categorise artists. With my films, I categorise people: if I know which one of my movies you like, I can tell which kind of a person you are. Mohsen Makhmalbaf
artist joy delight
And I feel that we in our society should not be held by any such myth; that we should do everything we can to gain a delight and joy in our society with all the available parts of the palette. Minoru Yamasaki
artist youth revelations
an artist is always seeking revelation. Pearl S. Buck
artist paris interesting
In Paris, you couldn't really turn around without seeing the result of lovers' bad decisions. An artist given to sexual excess was almost a cliché, but no one seemed to mind. As long as you were making something good or interesting or sensational, you could have as many lovers as you wanted and ruin them all. Paula McLain
artist want very-true
In my experience, what every true artist wants, really wants, is to be paid. Terry Pratchett
artist special nails
The thief, as will become apparent, was a special type of thief. This thief was an artist of theft. Other thieves merely stole everything that was not nailed down, but this thief stole the nails as well.
artist use kind
Many artists use their own lives as a kind of case study to examine what it's like to be human. Terry Gross
artist dimensions ifs
Work can take on a new dimension if you know something about the artist.
artist long want
Every one of us is an artist, and as an artist, you really can stroll into any venue that you want, as long as you take your time to learn the etiquette of that venue. Terrence Howard
artist academic
I'm an artist, I'm not an academic folklorist. Terri Windling
artist expression challenges
Every artist has to grow, and has to challenge themselves with a new form of expression
artist doe synthesis
The artist does not illustrate science; ... [but] he frequently responds to the same interests that a scientist does, and expresses by a visual synthesis what the scientist converts into analytical formulae or experimental demonstrations. Lewis Mumford
artist long doing-you
You know, for a long time I have been of the opinion that artists don't necessarily know what they're doing. You don't necessarily know what kind of universal concept you're tapping into. Leonard Nimoy
artist abstract active
As I say, I as an abstract artist was active politically. Lee Krasner
artist museums blue
No academy could have given me all I discovered by getting my teeth into the exhibitions, the shop windows, and the museums of Paris . Beginning with the market - where, for lack of money, I bought only a piece of a long cucumber - the workman in his blue overall, the most ardent followers of Cubism , everything showed a definite feeling for proportion, clarity, an accurate sense of form, of a more painterly kind of painting, even in the canvases of second-rate artists. Marc Chagall
artist perception should
The music industry itself is changing so quickly, that everything new, like Spotify, all feels to me a bit like a grand experiment. And I’m not willing to contribute my life’s work to an experiment that I don’t feel fairly compensates the writers, producers, artists, and creators of this music. And I just don’t agree with perpetuating the perception that music has no value and should be free. Taylor Swift
artist keys giving
The key to the mystery of a great artist is that for reasons unknown, he will give away his energies and his life just to make sure that one note follows another... and leaves us with the feeling that something is right in the world. Leonard Bernstein
artist rift might
You might curb your magnanimity, and be more of an artist, and load every rift of your subject with ore. John Keats
artist trying failing
As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail. John Cassavetes
artist entertainers regard
I regard myself as an entertainer much more than an artist. Peter Jackson
artist awards way
As artists, we do the work that we do. Receiving an award or not receiving an award in no way diminishes one's talent or value. Phylicia Rashad
artist seductive littles
I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous. Queen Victoria