Quotes about artist
artist artistic craftsman
The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of our artists are nothing else. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
artist audacity talent
In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
artist want body
You want to throw yourself in as many uncomfortable places as possible, if you want to build muscles in uncomfortable parts of your body and grow as an artist. Hamish Linklater
artist opportunity
Nature is simply the opportunity for the artist to express himself. Gustave Moreau
artist expression ratios
The expression of beauty is in direct ratio to the power of conception the artist has acquired. Gustave Courbet
artist essence transcendentalism
Painting is the representation of visible forms. The essence of realism is its negation of the ideal. Gustave Courbet
artist people world
Artists change how we see the world - and that can have value in the way people do business. John Maeda
artist people horizon
Our economy is built upon convergent thinkers, people that execute things, get them done. But artists and designers are divergent thinkers: they expand the horizon of possibilities. John Maeda
artist want littles
But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk. John Lone
artist mirrors rooms
I always find the mirror in the dressing room is where the best artists are. John Lydon
artist keys people
But in my mind I've always been a solo artist- I've just been working with a lot of great people like Kanye and Alicia Keys and Jay-Z. John Legend
artist icons style
Marvin Gaye was one of the coolest. I look to him as a style icon and as an artist. John Legend
artist people growing
Artists in general never stay in the same place, we keep growing. It's still you, you still have that core that you always had, but you work with new people and hear new things. John Legend
artist singers working-with-others
I always saw myself as a singer-songwriter, a solo-artist, that's why working with other artists was never satisfying for me. John Legend
artist judging legends
In the 1970s, for all the Stevie Wonders, I'm sure there were five artists that were making forgettable music. John Legend
artist people records
Now that I'm coming out with my own record people can see I'm a solo artist. John Legend
artist duty
It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live. John Legend
artist hierarchy lucky
If you're an unknown artist you're lucky to get an hour in a studio - it's a hierarchy and if you don't have hits, you don't get recorded again. John Lennon
artist misunderstood needs
They want to hold onto something they never had in the first place. Anybody who claims to have some interest in me as an individual artist or even as part of the Beatles has absolutely misunderstood everything I ever said if they can't see why I'm with Yoko. And if they can't see that, they don't see anything. They're just jacking off to - it could be anybody. Mick Jagger or somebody else. Let them go jack off to Mick Jagger, okay? I don't need it. John Lennon
artist simplicity rounds
The greatest artists always come round to simplicity. John Lennon
artist ems dylan
I didn't come after Elvis and Dylan, I've been around always. But if I see or meet a great artist, I love 'em. John Lennon
artist idols people
These critics with the illusions they've created about artists - it's like idol worship. They only like people when they're on their way up... I cannot be on the way up again. John Lennon
artist people roles
The artist's role isn't to tell people how to feel, but reflect. John Lennon
artist stories individual
Directing is one of my favourite things to do because I love telling stories and I love working with the individual artists and it's something that I really missed. John Lasseter
artist computer animation
Computers don't create computer animation any more than a pencil creates pencil animation. What creates computer animation is the artist. John Lasseter
artist agents assassins
Agents of disruption, subversion, sabotage and disinformation tunnelers and smugglers, listeners and forgers, trainers and recruiters and talent spotters and couriers and watchers and seducers, assassins and balloonists, lip readers and disguise artists. John le Carre
artist perspective style
I influenced the BG style by not being able to draw perspective. The BG artists developed cool graphic painting styles to make my bad backgrounds look like they were that way on purpose. John Kricfalusi
artist cartoonist illustrators
Cartoonists are untrained artists, while illustrators are more trained. John Kricfalusi
artist age get-better
All artists get better with age. The more you draw, the better you're going to get. John Kricfalusi
artist glasses snow
I didn't see painters doing paintings of glassware and glass shelves or sand dunes and receding snow fences. Why does that interest photographers and not artists? John Baldessari
artist way findings
Artists are better at finding a way to kill their time. John Baldessari
artist generations scene
Every artist joins a conversation that's been going on for generations, even millennia, before he or she joins the scene. John Barth
artist sentimental tough
We artists love to talk tough, but we're just as sentimental as everyone else when it comes down to it. John Banville