Famous Quotes & Sayings

Irving Stone

All artists are crackpots. And it's their finest feature.

Irving Stone

No artist is normal. Who happen to be normal cannot be an artist.

Irving Stone

I will be an artist. I am sure I will. [Vincent Van Gogh]

Irving Stone

He had been standing still; for an artist, one of the more painful forms of death.

Irving Stone

One should not become an artist because he can, but because he must. It is only for those who would be miserable without it.

Ilya Ehrenburg

Every master knows that the material teaches the artist.

Jack Prelutsky

I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.

Jack Nicholson

I've never been able to say I've been influenced by a list of artists I like because I like thousands and thousands and I've been influenced in some way by all of them.

Jack Kerouac

How I wished I'd have had a camera of my own, a mad mental camera that could register pictorial shots, of the photographic artist himself prowling about for his ultimate shot - an epic in itself. (On the road with Robert Frank, 1958)

Miles Davis was revolutionary as a jazz musician and as an artist he was eclectic as well. He tried it all.

Just a few years after he would have graduated, Kanye West is at the epicenter of new music, at the top of his game as an artist and producer, ... Who better than Kanye to inspire and educate the next generation of student talent.

Jim Lee

Jerry Robinson illustrated some of the defining images of pop culture's greatest icons. As an artist myself, it's impossible not to feel humbled by his body of work. Everyone who loves comics owes Jerry a debt of gratitude for the rich legacy that he leaves behind.

I think each artist has their own way of painting, and it really brings out an artist's personality whenever they paint. It's like a piece of them is, you know, in the painting.

Neill Blomkamp

I think filmmakers in general are, as the tools become more and more advanced, you're able to tell stories in a way that I think is more realistic. The technology just wasn't there up until pretty recently, and it takes a bit of time for the normal artistic way of approaching something to become a mainstream thing.

I see it everywhere, whether you're an artist selling your goods from the trunk of your car or an auto repair mechanic or folks selling products door-to-door.

James Hunter

People often think that every artist in that realm had the same qualities. If I want emotional intensity, I'll listen to Little Willie John, but if I want some pyrotechnics, I'll go to Jackie Wilson. It's not all the same emotional level, that stuff, which people make the mistake of thinking it is.

Ella Henderson

My plan was always to leave school and live in a flat with some friends, have a 9 to 5 job, and try to get as many gigs as I could. I wanted to keep writing and then eventually, in my twenties, head to a record label and hope they'd sit down and listen to my book of songs, sign me as a songwriter and maybe an artist in development.

Gigi Hadid

My makeup artist likes to define my brows with Maybelline Brow Drama. We brush up on the part closest to my nose and it's straight after that. Then, I like to use the matte brown shades from Maybelline The Nudes Palette to shadow my eyes, but without it looking like I'm wearing much.

Cyril Connolly

It is closing time in the gardens of the West and from now on an artist will be judged only by the resonance of his solitude or the quality of his despair.

Bebe Neuwirth

Artists need to express.

Beck

There's a perception that if an artist produces another artist, they're going to imprint on them. But I'm the opposite.

Billy Corgan

Do I belong in the conversation about the best artists in the world? My answer is yes, I do.

Billy Corgan

A good artist is willing to die many times over. What's funny is, I've died so many times.

Billy Corgan

I'm an experimental artist in a field that doesn't celebrate experimentation. It celebrates self-destruction, which I guess you could say is a creative endeavor.

Bill Sienkiewicz

So much of Jaws was amazing because the mind filled in what was missing.

Bill Sienkiewicz

I want to say 90% of stuff out there is just crap that got made. The main point is that it got produced.

Bill Sienkiewicz

Especially with Elektra, because I'm doing a lot of the covers for the new version of Elektra.

Bill Sienkiewicz

To me, the technique was almost irrelevant; it was what was coming across.

Big Sean

Feeling more comfortable onstage is something I've worked on - it's really about just being the artist I am.

C. S. Lewis

Remember He is the artist and you are the picture. You can’t see it, you can't see your true self. So quietly submit to be painted.

C. S. Lewis

When an artist is in the strict sense working, he of course takes into account the existing tastes, interests and capacity of his audience. These no less than the language , the marble, the paint, are part of his aw material.; to be used, tamed, sublimated, not ignored or defied. Haughty indifference to them is not genius, it is laziness and incompetence.

The artistic talent in this country is phenomenal and this is an exciting time to be a designer. We and our partners look forward to seeing the best work that the Bahamian art community, both here and abroad, will have to offer.

I was blown away when I learned Keith had an artistic talent.