Famous Quotes & Sayings

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

In many a poetic work, one gets here and there, instead of representation merely a title indicating that this or that was supposedto be represented here, that the artist has been prevented from doing it and most humbly asks to be kindly excused.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

The life of the artist should be distinguished from that of all other people, even in external habits. They are Brahmins, a highercaste, not ennobled by birth, however, but by deliberate self-initiation.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Even a friendly conversation which cannot be at any given moment be broken off voluntarily with complete arbitrariness has something illiberal about it. An artist, however, who is able and wants to express himself completely, who keeps nothing to himself and would wish to say everything he knows, is very much to be pitied.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

Can we expect the redemption of the world from scholars? I doubt it. But the time has come for all artists to join together as a confederation in an eternal league.

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

An artist is he for whom the goal and center of life is to form his mind

Julio Iglesias

I am not an artist which is 'in.

Julie Mehretu

I always wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know how someone could make a life out it.

Justin Bieber

I'm not into screamo music, but I respect it. It's hard to do, to keep your voice and stuff like that. It's hard to do, so I respect the music. It's just not my favorite to listen to. That's all I want. I just want people to respect me as an artist.

Justin Bieber

I just want to be the biggest artist that I can be, and I want to make a difference. I feel like Michael (Jackson) made a difference with everything that he did. He was so charitable and just always on-point. I just want to be where he is, as an artist.

Justin Bieber

I want to grow as an artist and I'm taking a step out, I want my music to mature.

Justin Bieber

As I get into it more, I want to grow as an artist, as an entertainer, and basically perfect my craft.

Julian Schnabel

I guess I am ruthless too because that's what makes a great artist. But I also respect people, I don't go around stepping on their heads.

Juliana Hatfield

My growth as an artist and a person has been so slow and gradual, it's hard to make a story out of it.

Juliana Hatfield

I get a little sick of myself as a solo artist. I get a little bit bored.

Gedde Watanabe

Back in the 60s, San Francisco artists lived in communes.

Geddy Lee

Back in the day, fans wrote letters to groups - you'd get them, although it could take a while. Now, artists can go online and there's discussions about what you should and shouldn't be doing. The minute you announce that you're recording an album, thousands of people are telling you what that album should be.

Lukas Foss

I strongly suggest that we play down basics like who influenced whom, and instead study the way the influence is transformed, in other words: how the artist made it his own.

Lukas Foss

That is why the analogy of stealing does not work. With a thief, we want to know how much money he stole, and from whom. With the artist it is not how much he took and from whom, but what he did with it.

Luke Bryan

To have your first No. 1 as an artist was everything I could have ever dreamed for. Now we're keeping our fingers crossed, and hopefully we'll have many more, but there's certainly nothing like the first one.

Luke Bryan

Anytime you have a fellow artist say, 'Loving the new Luke Bryan album,' that's awesome.

Lucian Freud

It is through observation and perception of atmosphere that he [the artist] can register the feeling that he wishes his painting to give out.

Lucian Freud

And, since the model he faithfully copies is not going to be hung up next to the picture, since the picture is going to be there on its own, it is of no interest whether it is an accurate copy of the model.

Lucian Freud

The task of the artist is to make the human being uncomfortable.

Lucian Freud

My work is purely autobiographical... It is about myself and my surroundings.

M. Night Shyamalan

You don't get to celebrate yourself unless you risk being mocked or rejected. As an artist, you cannot play it safe. You just can't.

Loren Eiseley

The great artist, whether he be musician, painter, or poet, is known for this absolute unexpectedness.

Malcolm D. Lee

I didn't want to be pigeonholed as an artist. I wanted to be able to have other stories to tell.

Gavin Hood

You have to separate artistic ability from ethnic origin. Not only am I not black, I am also not a woman, therefore how can I direct women? I am also only 42, therefore how can I direct someone who's 60? So you see where the argument ends up? If you take it to its logical conclusion, I would have to walk around and point a video camera at myself. And who the hell is interested in that?

Gavin DeGraw

Things take a little more time when you're not doing really obvious sales. I don't have any nudity in my videos, or anything close to it, and I don't have shootouts or explosions or car chases ... There aren't a bunch of drugs in the videos and I am not wearing hot pants, and I don't dance. So, as far as videos or anything visually is concerned, I'm not a very visually stimulating artist.

Gavin Rossdale

As an artist, you're pretty sheltered backstage. You often don't know what's going on out there.

Frida Kahlo

The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to.

Frida Kahlo

Really, I do not know whether my paintings are surrealist or not, but I do know that they are the frankest expression of myself.

Fred Wilson

Many artists stick to making and hire a manager to focus on their business. Artists that build websites and mobile apps can do that, too.