Quotes about artist
artist principles purpose
The principle of parsimony is valid esthetically in that the artist must not go beyond what is needed for his purpose. Rudolf Arnheim
artist order spices
Form is sometimes considered a mere spice added by the artist to the representation of objects in order to make it pleasurable.
artist years doe
Now, you can just get a laptop, get some software, put a microphone on it and make a record. You have to know how to do it. It does help if you've had 35 or 40 years of experience in the studio. But, it still levels the playing field so artists can record their own stuff. Roger McGuinn
artist two venice
There were two practical reasons we moved to Venice. One was that there was an artists movement and a countercultural movement. Lots of people we might want to hire lived in the area. We also wanted to buy in a lower rent area that looked like it was going to be gentrified so that we could eventually sell the studio for more money. Roger Corman
artist psychosis two
I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two. Sam Taylor-Wood
artist results craftsman
A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it. W. H. Auden
artist world fit
Unlike a lot of choreographers, I don't always start with the music. I often start with a visual artist, and then find music that fits the world of that visual artist. Wayne McGregor
artist musician sensitive
We wouldn't be artists, writers, painters, musicians, if we weren't sensitive. Wayne Coyne
artist people able
As an artist, it is great to be able to market yourself to people who don't know you, and people who do. Tony Yayo
artist
Any artist is an instrument-and that's exactly why you can't do it all the time. You can only do it when it's happening, when it's coming through. No matter how much you may want to do it, if it's not happening then it's simply not happening. Van Morrison
artist said deals
The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. Ursula K. Le Guin
artist doe fiction
The artist deals with what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words.
artist scientist behinds
A scientist can pretend that his work isn't himself, it's merely the impersonal truth. An artist can't hide behind the truth. He can't hide anywhere.
artist people facts
Artists are people who are not at all interested in the facts - only in the truth.
artist doe world
The painter who is content with the praise of the world for what does not satisfy himself, is not an artist, but an artisan; for though his reward be only praise, his pay is that of a mechanic. Washington Allston
artist expression values
I value those artists who embody the expression of their life. Wassily Kandinsky
artist hands keys
The artist is the hand that, by touching this or that key, sets the soul vibrating automatically.
artist atheism limits
The artist can within limits make what he likes of his life... It is only the artist, and maybe the criminal, who can make his own. W. Somerset Maugham
artist order creating
A creative writer must study carefully the works of his rivals, including the Almighty. He must possess the inborn capacity not only of recombining but of re-creating the given world. In order to do this adequately, avoiding duplication of labor, the artist should know the given world. Vladimir Nabokov
artist two realizing
Non-Russian readers do not realize two things: that not all Russians love Dostoievsky as much as Americans do, and that most of those Russians who do, venerate him as a mystic and not as an artist.
artist people narcissist
People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us? Yoko Ono
artist rough
My life was pretty rough.
artist fans lennon
Most of the fans of John Lennon and maybe John and Yoko are younger than me.
artist thinking world
What we do really affects the world. Most of us think we can't do anything, but it really isn't true.
artist people musician
Some people don't listen to my music because they say that I am an artist. And some don't want to go to my gallery shows, because they say I am a musician.
artist mind needs
you don't need talent to be an artist. 'Artist' is just a frame of mind. Anybody can be an artist, anybody can communicate if they are desperate enough.
artist aquarius 1960s
The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing ourselves.
artist clothes musician
Artists and musicians of the Sixties were definitely into clothes.
artist style flow
I just go with the flow, so any style can be in my music - that makes it exciting.
artist incredibles dies
Many incredible artists die before they were famous.
artist difficult persons
Life with another person is always difficult.
artist rocks people
In the '60s, people were still very protective of each field that they belonged to. Avant-garde artists didn't know about rock or pop or jazz. And the jazz people of course didn't want to know about any other music. They were all just kind of protecting their territory.
artist aquarius guy
At least I had that, one guy understood me.