Quotes about artist
artist live-your-life being-an-artist
Being an artist is not only what you do, but how you live your life. Ben Shahn
artist littles germs
The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work. Berthold Auerbach
artist world endure
The artist is one who makes a concentrated statement about the world in which he lives and that statement tends to become impersonal-it tends to become universal and enduring because it comes out of something very particular. Paul Strand
artist photographer ifs
If the photographer is not a discoverer, then he is not an artist.
artist discovery effectiveness
It has always been my belief that the true artist, like the true scientist, is a researcher using materials and techniques to dig into the truth and meaning of the world in which he himself lives; and what he creates, or better perhaps, brings back, are the objective results of his explorations. The measure of his talent--of his genius, if you will--is the richness he finds in such a life's voyage of discovery and the effectiveness with which he is able to embody it through his chosen medium.
artist
I don't see a future in music unless you are one of the 5pc of massive artists. Paul Young
artist blood may
Any musician who can stop may be a musician, but they're no artist. If it's in your blood, it can't stop flowing. Paul Westerberg
artist soul world
I am also an artist. I have the whole world as my canvas. I paint souls... Meher Baba
artist birth inevitable
With the birth of the artist came the inevitable afterbirth... the critic Mel Brooks
artist swings together
Immortality is a by-product of good work. Masterpieces are not for artists, they're for critics. Critics can't even make music by rubbing their back legs together. My message to the world is 'Let's swing, sing, shout, make noise! Let's not mimic death before our time comes! Let's be wet and noisy!'
artist giving gone
In the late 80s, artists could be signed to labels and be nurtured. It wasn't, "We're going to give you one shot, and if you don't measure up, you're gone". Mary Chapin Carpenter
artist car insanity
He was an artist when he saw society: it never crossed his mind that society had to be like this; had any right, had any business being like this. A car in the street. Why? Why cars? This is what an artist has to be: harassed to the point of insanity or stupefaction by first principles. Martin Amis
artist cooking acting
I would like to be known as an artist. Whether that be music, acting, sketching, cooking, whatever. Im interested in all of those things. Mark Salling
artist color lines
Every true artist has been inspired more by the beauty of lines and color and the relationships between them than by the concrete subject of the picture. Piet Mondrian
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 self important
It's only recently that we've discovered that the artist's inner self is somehow more important than the public world. I'm happier to create exterior pieces for the world rather than to express something I deeply feel or wish to say. Peter Ackroyd
artist ideas long
If an artist wants to work with me because they feel I've made some credible albums and there've been things that are long-lasting, it's because those artists took the time and we built an idea.
artist land leader
The aboriginal women leaders of Papunya - the Papunya Artists - performed a dance for me: the Honey Ant dance. They'd never done it for anyone else. They honoured me with a ceremonial stick that signifies the story of the land. Quentin Bryce
artist made music-is
It's funny, I can see the science in how music is made with other artists, but it's hard for me to dissect my own thing. Questlove
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.
artist white cobain
Kurt Cobain represents a very legit, realistic outlook. Before that, in my head, to be a white artist was to be privileged.
artist awards losing
I feel like the downfall of any person is the second an artist starts celebrating their work themselves, that becomes problematic. And you know, I don't sit there, I don't bask in the awards I've won, you know, read my bank statements, I refuse. To me, that's how you start losing the hunger. So for me personally, I just don't celebrate it. I'm happy, right now.
artist special records
The relationship with a producer and an artist is really special.It's got to be love and respect, amazing mutual respect for each other, because that's what makes a good record. Quincy Jones
artist world way
Prince.. a true artist in every sense of the world.Gone way too soon.
artist littles violence
If I've made it a little easier for artists to work in violence, great! I've accomplished something. Quentin Tarantino
artist want fans
Every time I collaborate with an artist, I want to surprise fans. I want to do something new. Prince Royce
artist great-art great-artist
I consider my work great, as I am a great artist. Pola Negri
artist mouths passionate
An artist, if he's unselfish and passionate, is always a living protest. Just to open his mouth is to protest: against conformism, against what is official, public, or national, what everyone else feels comfortable with, so the moment he opens his mouth, an artist is engaged, because opening his mouth is always scandalous. Pier Paolo Pasolini
artist law laws-of-nature
To be an artist you must learn the laws of nature. Pierre-Auguste Renoir
artist imagination use
The artist who uses the least of what is called imagination will be the greatest.
artist discovery use
The so-called 'discoveries' of the Impressionists could not have been unknown to the old masters; and if they made no use of them, it was because all great artists have renounced the use of effects. And in simplifying nature, they made it all the greater.
artist genius done
to express himself well, the artist should be hidden... The trouble is that if an artist knows he has genius, he's done for. The only salvation is to work like a labourer, and not have delusions of grandeur.