Quotes about artist
artist soul needs
I have heard it very often said that an artist does not need intelligence, that his is the province of the soul Robert Henri
artist messages spirit
Strokes carry a message whether you will it or not. The stroke is just like the artist at the time he makes it. All the certainties, all the uncertainties, all the bigness of his spirit and the littlenesses are in it.
artist ideas want
The artist should be intoxicated with the idea of the thing he wants to express.
artist imagination use
An artist must have imagination. An artist who does not use his imagination is a mechanic.
artist goal achievement
I don't know what makes someone hip. The goal is artist achievement and the best work we can do with no limitation. Rick Rubin
artist parent listening
I grew up listening to most of my parents' music like The Beatles and ABBA and all that stuff. But for me what I get influenced by more than the actual artist is lyrics, and I listen to music and influences that has more of a narrative feel and more of a story behind it. Tammin Sursok
artist order stuff
As a young woman, I had been seeking experience, knowledge, truth, the stuff writers need in their work, but when the artist actually kicked in, I came to understand that in this romantic relationship I was not free to be myself, or to find myself, in order to begin the true work I needed to do. Taiye Selasi
artist people creative
People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work. Tahar Ben Jelloun
artist generosity hallmark
The hallmark of an artist is generosity. T Bone Burnett
artist risk artisans
Risk is what separates the artist from the artisan.
artist labels musician
I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me Rosanna Arquette
artist creative anxiety
Dogmatism of all kinds--scientific, economic, moral, as well as political--are threatened by the creative freedom of the artist. This is necessarily and inevitably so. We cannot escape our anxiety over the fact that the artists together with creative persons of all sorts, are the possible destroyer of our nicely ordered systems. (p. 76) Rollo May
artist race creating
Every authentic artist is engaged in this creating of the conscience of the race, even though he or she may be unaware of the fact.
artist order forever
Artists love to immerse themselves in chaos in order to put it into form, just as God created form out of chaos in Genesis. Forever unsatisfied with the mundane, the apathetic, the conventional, they always push on to newer worlds.
artist people actors
But writers INVITE ghosts, maybe; along with actors and artists, they are the only totally accepted mediums of our society. They make worlds that never were, populate them with people who never existed, and then invite us to join them in their fantasies. And we do it, don't we? Yes. We PAY to do it. Stephen King
artist years reason
I'm 47 years old. I couldn't compete with Beyonce. I'm not competing with anyone. I've already established myself as an artist. I've been in this business for 30 years. There's no reason for me to compete with anyone. Stephanie Mills
artist talking television
So I'm happiest when I'm working with artists and writers, and involved in stories, whether we're talking about animation or movies or comics or television. Stan Lee
artist america hands
Once, I'd written a Western story, and one of the panels was just a hand holding a six-shooter, and there was a puff of smoke coming out of the barrel, and a straight horizontal line, indicating the trajectory of the bullet. So that page was sent back to me from the Code office, saying that the particular panel was too violent. I asked them what they meant, and they told me--I swear--"The puff of smoke is too big." Well, of course. So I had the artist make the smoke a little smaller, and the youth of America was saved.
artist ideas drawing
I'm just working with ideas in my head and with drawings that the artists did. And suddenly to see these things come to life in movies - it's just wonderful.
artist darkness style
In the beginning Marvel created the Bullpen and the Style. And the Bullpen was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the Artists. And the Spirit of Marvel said, Let there be The Fantasic Four. And there was The Fantasic Four. And Marvel saw The Fantasic Four. And it was good.
artist want way
If they're not temperamental, I don't want them. It's in the nature of a great artist to be that way. Sol Hurok
artist drawing people
Few people know that I am also an artist; I truly enjoy sketching and drawing. Sonakshi Sinha
artist use trigonometry
I'm an artist; I'm not going to use trigonometry. Taylor Momsen
artist miracle saint
I love to dwell on the thought that the artist is next in divinity to the saint. He, like the saint, performs miracles. Stanley Spencer
artist criminals peculiar
I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists. Neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are. Stanley Kubrick
artist empty-life accountability
You see so many artists who are so talented end up living sad, empty lives. This industry takes so much out of you that without the accountability and leaving God in the center, you can be left so empty and void. Stacie Orrico
artist retreat cases
It occurs to me that artists go forward by going backward, something which I have nothing against intrinsically when it is a reproduced retreat - as is the case with the better artists. Soren Kierkegaard
artist enemy comfort
Comfort is the enemy of the artist. Stephen Tobolowsky
artist boards condescending
Watteau is no less an artist for having painted a fascia board while Sainsbury's is no less effective a business for producing advertisements which entertain and educate instead of condescending and exploiting. Stephen Bayley
artist america way
In America, we know to ignore artists if they're serious in any way. Stephen Colbert
artist two months
I was one of the first artists to have a YouTube account, if not the first. I joined two months after the site launched. Soulja Boy
artist singers way
I am not a natural singer, but I can sing, and probably the way I sing is more imitative than from myself, which is why I am never going to be an amazing recording artist. Tim Blake Nelson
artist way remember
It's good as an artist to always remember to see things in a new, weird way. Tim Burton