Quotes about artist
artist criticism critics
The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic. Oscar Wilde
artist government people
People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all.
artist theatre actors
An actor is part illusionist, part artist, part ham.
artist arrows elements
Artistic tricks divert from the effect that an artist endeavors to produce, and even excellent elements such as bullets, arrows, brackets, ornate initials, are at best superficial ornamentation unless logically employed. Paul Rand
artist comic easier
It's a lot easier to say you're a comic than a performance artist. Paul Reubens
artist sacred talent
The talents of an artist, small or large, are God-given... They are a sacred trust. Paul Robeson
artist civilization voice
Artists are the radical voice of civilization.
artist gatekeepers
Artists are the gatekeepers of truth.
artist civilization voice
Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice.
artist silence patriotism
As an artist I come to sing, but as a citizen, I will always speak for peace, and no one can silence me in this.
artist expression brain
The great artist is a formulation of the greatest intelligence: he is the recipient of sensations which are the most delicate and consequently the most invisible expressions of the brain. Paul Gauguin
artist soul trying
Poor artist! You gave away part of your soul when you painted the picture which you are now trying to dispose of.
artist favorite-artist my-favorite
One of my favorite artists on Deviantart. Patrick Rothfuss
artist self essentials
We have become a society where the artist is regarded as a self-indulgent superfluity, and the person who juggles stocks and shares is an essential part of the economy. Pam Brown
artist covered-up video
Compared to a lot of artists, I'm usually quite covered up in videos and photo shoots. Paloma Faith
artist eyebrows make-up-artist
Don't overpluck your eyebrows. A make-up artist told me this once, and I've always remembered it. Lily Cole
artist people records
Because of piracy there has been a massive downturn in people buying music, which makes it more difficult for artists to make money from the sale of records. Lily Allen
artist firsts businessman
The businessman says 'If I don't do it first, somebody else will.' The artist says 'If I don't do it first, nobody else will.' LeRoy Neiman
artist important theory
I guess I created LeRoy Neiman. Nobody else told me how to do it. Well, I'm a believer in the theory that the artist is as important as his work.
artist order ideas
The problem was Le Corbusier was a genius and an enormous artist, but he tried to resolve problems to which there is no solution. So the idea to demolish the centre of Paris in order to adapt it to the car - he drew it! - is something not even the most bloody dictators conceived. Leon Krier
artist voice piano
I've always been inspired by female performers and artists who really surround who they are around their voice. For me, it's always been about the voice. I wanna hear someone just sit by a piano, on a stool, and just sing - and that's it! Lea Michele
artist ideas being-an-artist
I guess I've always liked the idea of being an artist. Larry Rivers
artist hubris
Hubris itself will not let you be an artist. Larry Wall
artist doe
It's not what the artist does that counts; it's what he is. Pablo Picasso
artist eggs portraits
When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait.
artist ideas emotion
It is the object which aroused the artist, stimulated his ideas and set of his emotions. These ideas and emotions will be imprisoned in his work for good.
artist misery hunger
Now there is fame! Of all - hunger, misery, the incomprehension by the public - fame is by far the worst. It is the castigation of God by the artist. It is sad. It is true.
artist stealing poor
It's a poor artist who borrows--a good artist steals.
artist class distinction
We must not discriminate between things. Where things are concerned there are no class distinctions. We must pick out what is good for us where we can find it.
artist past paint
When I paint I feel that all the artists of the past are behind me.
artist firsts thirds
The artist spends the first part of his life with the dead, the second with the living, and the third with himself.
artist elements world
Let them understand above all that the artist works from necessity; that he, too, is a minute element of the world to whom one should ascribe no more importance than so many things in nature which charm us but which we do not explain to ourselves.
artist age today
Today, as you know, I am famous and very rich. But when I am alone with myself, I haven't the 'courage' to consider myself an artist, in the great and ancient sense of that word... I am only a public entertainer, who understands his age.