Quotes about artist
artist degrees answers
You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not practising. I didn't finish my music degree. And when I got into the pop world, I decided not to conform because I figured that the point of being an artist was that you shouldn't be like anyone else. Rufus Wainwright
artist want
But I want to deepen as an artist, and working with Shakespeare definitely points in that direction. Rufus Wainwright
artist records contracts
Most artists have contracts directly with the record company, and when they do music, all of their music is owned by the record company. But I did mine through a production company. Roy Ayers
artist sensitive leonardo
I was being an artist, being sensitive and technical as artists are. I'm sure Leonardo Da Vinci did that. Artists don't always feel the same as others feel about their work. Roy Ayers
artist style hallmark
The hallmark of the minor artist is to be obsessed with style as an end in itself. Robert Hughes
artist doubt inspirational-art
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Robert Hughes
artist ideas water
On the whole, money does artists much more good than harm. The idea that one benefits from cold water, crusts and debt collectors is now almost extinct, like belief in the reformatory power of flogging, Robert Hughes
artist scotland actors
Pretty much every artist in Scotland - musician, writer, poet, actor - they're all part of a thing called the National Collective. Roddy Woomble
artist two giving
It evoked Picasso and Miles Davis for me — two great artists who totally indulged themselves in their work and who they were, but they certainly didn't give a damn what other people thought. Rodney Crowell
artist world doe
Activists are cultural artists. They envision a world that does not yet exist, and then take action to create that world.' Robyn
artist people forever
People have done pornographic pictures forever, but most of the people who involve themselves in explicit sexuality aren't really artists. Robert Mapplethorpe
artist rude secret
The best picture I got was Bianca Jagger whispering in Mick's ear. I caught them telling a secret, which is sort of rude. Robert Mapplethorpe
artist body naked
I'm not photographing anything naked these days. I haven't been concentrating on bodies recently. Robert Mapplethorpe
artist drug use
I don't use recreational drugs, except for cocaine, hallucinogens, and nitrates. Robert Mapplethorpe
artist want normal
I just want to be written about as a normal artist Robert Mapplethorpe
artist people frustrating
I always thought I was good. That's why it was so frustrating when other people didn't agree. Robert Mapplethorpe
artist people groups
I believed in looking at people as individuals, not in groups. I hated groups; still do. And I saw particularly the university, the university artists really acted as a group. The others didn't so much, but the university people took advantage of that and behaved like a group, rather than as individuals. They had a lot of power that way. Tom Robbins
artist doe function
The function of the artist is to provide what life does not. Tom Robbins
artist magic missions
The mission of the artist in an over-technologi zed society, is to call the old magic back to life. Tom Robbins
artist facts addresses
An artist can respect the backfield of fact before which every human being stands and choose not to address those facts. Tom Bissell
artist want film
The deal is that you can do it, you don't really owe me anything, but at the end of it, I own the film. Then I can actually go out and reprint or not reprint if it I want. Todd McFarlane
artist actors kind
I was about 6 or 7, I would have said I wanted to be an actor and an artist. And that just kind of kept honing itself around film and getting closer to film. Todd Haynes
artist revolution roles
The role of the artist is to make the revolution irresistible Toni Cade Bambara
artist trying want
I'm very happy with my lot. I like the variety I get. You don't want to spend your life repeating yourself. It's true of any kind of artist, you want to explore as wide and far as you can go, so that's what I've been trying to do. Toni Collette
artist play band
As a solo artist, I just felt cemented in front of the mike stand. There was very little time to play with the audience and be a band member Tommy Shaw
artist looks today
I look at other artists who have had fabulous first albums, and you don't know what they're doing today. Who's to say I'll be an exception to that rule? Toni Braxton
artist selling plus
I was a 10 million-plus selling artist Toni Braxton
artist
Artists work best alone. Work alone. Steve Wozniak
artist working-alone shy
Most inventors and engineers I've met are like me. They're shy and they live in their heads. The very best of them are artists. And artists work best alone... Steve Wozniak
artist people feelings
The highest thing people can say about an artist is, 'You know, I felt he or she was singing right to me.' If you've got the goods, and you're honest, that's where the thrill comes in, because of the urgency of the people really feeling what they feel. It's right there. Steve Ross
artist important pieces
It's very important for any artist, in any field, to take their own temperature and check out their own energy, and see what it is they ought to be doing to keep the energy up. Because if your energy is not up, you're going to come up with some really dreary piece of work that no one's going to enjoy. Steve Reich
artist ideas two
I've been very lucky in the freedom that I've been given. Every artist needs two types of freedom: You need the freedom to - the freedom to come up with an idea or treatment - and then you need the other half of the freedom, and that's freedom from - somebody saying, 'This is great. This is how I want you to do it. Steve Sabol
artist language importance
The importance of an artist is bringing new signs into a language. Steve Sabol