Quotes about artist
artist tchaikovsky feet
On the corner of 57th and 7th Avenue sits the most famous concert hall in the world. No less a figure than when Tchaikovsky led the first performances in 1891. Virtually every major artist has performed there. There is simply no place like it. The first time I stepped foot in Carnegie Hall was in 1964. Leonard Slatkin
artist civilization voice
Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice. Paul Robeson
artist firsts thirds
The artist spends the first part of his life with the dead, the second with the living, and the third with himself. Pablo Picasso
artist long kind
I've been touring for so long, I've kind of honed into exactly what I am, I'm an artist so if you like it, you like it, if you don't you don't, you know? Paul McDonald
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 landscape might
I'm a filmmaker. I'm an artist. I've chosen to work in history the way someone might choose to work in still lifes or landscapes. Ken Burns
artist squares trying
I recommend that you should work actively... and study the artistic structures of Rubens, Rembrandt, Titian, Watteau, Poussin, and other painters, even Chardin, where he is an artist. Study very closely their dabbing manner of execution and try to copy a small piece of canvas, just one square inch. Kazimir Malevich
artist people laughing
I'm not an artist. I tell inappropriate stories and jokes and I try to make people laugh. Kathy Griffin
artist people choices
Artists are losing the choice to use film. People have a love for it - the grain, how it feels, the texture. Keanu Reeves
artist literature world
The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists. Kazuo Ishiguro
artist capture concern
An artist's concern is to capture beauty wherever he finds it. Kazuo Ishiguro
artist narcissist
A lot of artists are such narcissists. Kristen Stewart
artist giving-money world
So it's like the underground world no longer exists economically cause they're not giving money back to their supporting artists. Kool Keith
artist thinking perfect
As for the industry, it has certainly changed. I think with all of these television shows and YouTube and the internet, you have so much less time to develop as an artist and perfect your craft. So many things today are "instant" and, that's not always a good thing. Olivia Newton-John
artist mad people
Whatever the scientists may come up with, writers and artists will continue to portray altered mental states, simply because few aspects of our nature fascinate people so much. The so-called mad person will always represent a possible future for every member of the audience - who knows when such a malady may strike? Margaret Atwood
artist lines dictatorship
Every budding dictatorship begins by muzzling the artists, because they're a mouthy lot and they don't line up and salute very easily. Margaret Atwood
artist world painting
Since the tubes of paint used by the artist are manufactured and ready made products we must conclude that all the paintings in the world are 'readymades aided' and also works of assemblage. Marcel Duchamp
artist outcast pariahs
In my day artists wanted to be outcasts, pariahs. Now they are all integrated into society Marcel Duchamp
artist self space
To all appearances, the artist acts like a mediumistic being who, from the labyrinth beyond time and space, seeks his way out to a clearing. If we give the attributes of a medium to the artist, we must then deny him the state of consciousness on the aesthetic plane about what he is doing or why he is doing it. All his decisions in the artistic execution of the work rest with pure intuition and cannot be translated into a self-analysis, spoken or written, or even thought out. Marcel Duchamp
artist player chess
Not all artists are Chess players, but all Chess players are artists Marcel Duchamp
artist serenity monk
The life of an artist is like the life of a monk, a lewd monk if you like, very Rabelaisian. It is an ordination. Marcel Duchamp
artist interesting most-interesting
The most interesting thing about artists is how they live Marcel Duchamp
artist trying alive
No, the thing to do is try to make a painting that will be alive in your own lifetime. Marcel Duchamp
artist creative lasts
The artist performs only one part of the creative process. The onlooker completes it, and it is the onlooker who has the last word. Marcel Duchamp
artist waiting genius
In the last analysis, the artist may shout from all the rooftops that he is a genius; he will have to wait for the verdict of posterity. Marcel Duchamp
artist people albums
What was great about the 80s was that you still had record companies who would get behind developing you as an artist. You had these bonkers heads of department and A&R people who, even after a flop album, would let you make another one. Marc Almond
artist definitions behinds
My definition of an artist is anyone who's ahead of his time and behind on his rent. Kinky Friedman
artist important should
It's important to let each artist do what makes him or her feel comfortable. Success should be a by-product of that. Kenny G
artist done bowie
The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young to U2. Kelly Jones
artist sensitive being-an-artist
That's part of being an artist; you have to be that sensitive. Margaret Cho
artist department fortunate gifted highly leading sergio
Sergio Soave is a gifted administrator and accomplished artist and we are fortunate that he will be leading our highly acclaimed Department of Art.
artists community concert excellence execute level partners run series simply time
At this point, we simply have run out of time to execute the concert series at the level of excellence that our audiences, artists and community partners expect.