Famous Quotes & Sayings

Bill Taylor

These artists understand how important it is to show support for the city right now.

The Scottsdale Arts Festival has long been recognized for the high caliber of its participating artists and for its beautiful outdoor setting.

The scenes have been pinpointed to within a 24-km radius of where Hitler was stationed in France during the war. He wasn't a great artist but the interest is the man rather than the paintings.

I've told Jim that our commitment to him is for as long as he was alive, which I hope is a long time. We want Jimmy to conduct as much as he is able and willing to do so here. I think the Met is the luckiest opera house in the world to have him as its music director and I hope that he will be at the center of its artistic life for the foreseeable future. It would be a terrible blow for me and my plans if he was not here.

Brian Schmidt

You have to be careful (in accusing people of taking bribes), because sometimes what people perceive to be payola really isn't. The disc jock might just like what this artiste or label does, or get lots of request from the public.

This year, more of the artists are combining two or three processes to make one straight print. There are a lot of layers in this year's competition.

Deborah Cox

Whatever you feel is going to be truthful and maybe some artists don't feel like their songs are, have the same impact when they're remixed.

We tend to think of security issues as being computer-based. But many scam artists use the telephone and simple false pretenses to trick people out of data.

We speak to the artists about the benefit for the kids and they usually come in under favorable terms.

We try not to repeat as much from what we've done in the past as much as we can help it. And we try not to use artists who have played too much in this area. Coming up with delicacies always helps the show.

We just had our first budding artist class (for) kindergarten through second grade and they were at full capacity.

There's a couple real pieces that sort of shine. 'Queen Owl' by Dana Carlson, the most established artist in the show. She shows a lot in New York and her piece is really good eye candy. And there's Tracy Bull, she works with a lot of glass. Her piece is really beautiful. It's called 'Lair.' It's glass with copper and a queen bee inlay. It's really gorgeous.

Geronimo

There's more per capita than any other place in the world in Texas, ... Country music just brings them out. Over the years it's been a hotbed of artists that made it up to Nashville that started here in Texas.

Jason Aldean

There's many an artist that comes to Nashville in hopes of doing the same thing I'm doing right now,

There's not the same name recognition for Native artists as there is for the more mainstream . . . like Pollack, or Monet or Picasso.

There's not one artist who hasn't been influenced by Picasso somewhere in their lifetime, if only to vault over him as this massive figure. You can't be in the 20th century and not be influenced by Picasso in some way or another.

I started working with artists in Ohio, and we started a thing called Art Night where people would bring their work and present it. It grew from six people to over 200. It was very positive.

Jewel

I sort of came out at the dawn of the Internet in the mid-90s and I think it helped break my career. I think I was one of the first artists to really benefit from the grassroots swell that can happen online. I don't know if I would have broken out without it.

I sense a frightening surprise in that category. It's a very tough category. Each of those artists have their constituency with the voters, and none of them are going to be big enough ... to steal the constituency of someone else.

Tracey Emin

I should be careful what I say here, but I don't think I'm visually the best artist in the world. I've got to be honest about this.

Bryan Adams

I've been probably one of the most boot-legged artists ever. It's just another way of getting music that is wanted by the people to the people and now you can just download from the internet, so it might be different times now for musicians.

Joss Whedon

I've been in this business for a long while, but it's not like I've been waiting tables. Since I started writing, I've only worked on things that I love. I've had a lot of heartbreak, but you don't become an artist and not expect that.

Tracy Byrd

With just us local guys doing the show, we were able to keep it free for the public. If we would have had other artists on the bill, then we would have had to pay them to be here.

We go to different cities (around the country) to introduce the contemporary Native American artists and to bring awareness to the work.

We certainly have the artists in the pipeline to have a great 2006. There are a lot of fresh artists out there.

We are trying to revitalize things here. We want to make Calvert home to the three A's - authors, artists and antiques.

We are trying to revitalize things here, ... We want to make Calvert home to the three A's - authors, artists and antiques.

We think it's important that you talk to the artists who created the artwork. We feel the artists should always be at the booth.

The (instruments) are very, very attractive. The artists had very clever ideas.

Herbie Hancock

The fact that young hip-hop artists are searching for the jazz roots of their music acknowledges the greatness of roots, helps a person get a sense of being grounded, of being attached, of coming from somewhere.

Joshua Bell

I'm in a position where, theoretically, I could play the same ten concertos and make a very good living bouncing around playing Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Barber, but I really think artists should keep pushing limits and trying new things.

I'm going to live my dream and live my life to the fullest. I can't wait to find some great artists locally.

Teri Hatcher

I'm glad you could join me tonight to celebrate the efforts of this community of artists and volunteers. I like to think we're all here because we believe in the value of art in our lives, and especially in our children's lives.