Quotes about artist
artist different kind
Maybe the artist becomes the marshal. It'd probably be a very different kind of society with artists in control. Joelle Carter
artist helping environment
You absorb so much from whatever your environment is, as an artist, and you learn to take from it what can help you create. Jimmy Page
artist perfect done
Artists say that paintings are never done. I sort of feel the same way about music. I would never say something is perfect. There are performances that can generate a lot of emotion in me when I hear them, but I can't say if anything is perfect. Jimmy Page
artist trying failing
As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail. John Cassavetes
artist inferiority egotistical
All artists are egotistical maniacs with inferiority complexes. Lionel Richie
artist creative mediocrity
Today we've learned to celebrate mediocrity. Back in the day we had creative artists; today we have created artists. Lionel Richie
artist doe bourgeoisie
If one defends the bourgeois, philistine virtues, one does not defend them merely from the demonism or bohemianism of the artist but from the present bourgeoisie itself. Lionel Trilling
artist immature stealing
The immature artist imitates. The mature artist steals. Lionel Trilling
artist hobbies economy
Artists usually don't make all that much money, and they often keep their artistic hobby despite the money rather than due to it. Linus Torvalds
artist voice singing
The essential elements of singing are voice, musicianship, and story. It is the rare artist that has all three in abundance. Linda Ronstadt
artist people photographer
When people ask how have I kept on top, I have to say with the help of every photographer, make-up artist and hairdresser I've ever worked with. Linda Evangelista
artist hands trying
I speak to everybody. I'm one of those kind of artists that I'm cool with everybody. If they [fans] want to meet me, it's cool. That's as far as it goes. But I'm the cool artist. I shake everybody's hand, try to sign all the autographs, take pictures when I can. Lil Jon
artist want able
...it's almost natural because when you're an artist you know what you want. And then if you're able to mentally turn that into being a CEO, now you know what the artist wants. That's kinda how I did it. Lil Wayne
artist faculty-members physicians
No scientist, engineer, writer, psychologist, artist, or physician - and certainly no scholar, and therefore no serious university faculty member - pursues his or her vocation by getting right answers from a set of prescribed alternatives that trivialize complexity and ambiguity. Leon Botstein
artist people growth
I just want people to see my growth as an artist, and singer. Leon Bridges
artist order numbers
Perhaps the artist who seeks dignity above all in his 'historia', ought to represent very few figures; for as paucity of words imparts majesty to a prince, provided histhoughts and orders are understood, so the presence of only the strictly necessary numbers of bodies confers dignity on a picture. Leon Battista Alberti
artist painting
The greatest work of an artist is the history of a painting. Leon Battista Alberti
artist fake roles
What all this posturing and fake glamor results in is a vast detachment and cynicism on the part of the artists. Since it's impossible to have respect for an audience that'll take just about anything you care to dish out, and the impassive demeanor is so central to the role, a general numbnose is all that can be expected. Lester Bangs
artist lines way
I have always thought of myself as a performer first and way down the line as a recording artist. Leo Kottke
artist musical my-favorite
Lenny Kravitz is one of my favorite musical artists. Lawrence Jackson
artist culture paid
A free culture is not a culture without property; it is not a culture in which artists don't get paid. Lawrence Lessig
artist purses architect
Purses are dreamt up by artists, not architects. Lauren Conrad
artist people car
I have to be really honest: People who say they can't escape the paparazzi are full of sh*t. Let me just be the artist to throw everybody under the bus. I don't spend lots of money on houses or lots of cars, but I do spend money on security and they never find me. Lady Gaga
artist philanthropist
My work as an artist is completely separate from my work as a philanthropist. Lady Gaga
artist people next
I'm not interested in people positioning me next to other artists. Lady Gaga
artist world way
I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me. Lady Gaga
artist elements bears
Some artists are working to buy the mansion or whatever the element of fame must bear, but I spend all my money on my show. Lady Gaga
artist soul care
Some artists want your money so they can buy Range Rovers and diamond bracelets, but I don't care about that kind of stuff. I want your soul. Lady Gaga
artist records deals
A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist. Lady Gaga
artist may directors
Things have changed a great deal since the days of Mr. Mayer. The studios no longer control, as they did in those days, artists or directors or producers, as the case may be. Lew Wasserman
artist perfection faults
Both the artist and the lover know that perfection is not loveable. It is the clumsiness of a fault that makes a person lovable. Joseph Campbell
artist world function
The function of artists is "the mythologization of the world." Joseph Campbell
artist soul roles
The role of the artist I now understood as that of revealing through the world-surfaces the implicit forms of the soul, and the great agent to assist the artist was the myth. Joseph Campbell