Famous Quotes & Sayings

Wyclef Jean

When I think about the biggest studios in New York, they're owned by people that are not musicians or artists, and artists come in and spend their money there, and they'd rather do that, as opposed to getting the headache. So they pay someone else to get the headache.

The artists were referring to their own traditions, but because of the melting pot of the group they moved beyond that as well.

The artists themselves talk to young people about their own financial journey toward empowerment.

Ray Charles

The artists ... that's what makes it so good for us,

The artists that are coming to this festival are some of the finest that you will ever see or hear, and yet they are not stars. This is not a festival about stars, but it's a festival about great music, great dance and great art.

The artists in the gallery said, Get the gallery moved. They realized the old gallery was going to close.

The artists are bending over backward for us. We should have 80 percent of the same lineup.

Larry Miller

It is now clear that the controversial practices of companies that provide directories and an easy interface to libraries of unlicensed music are in fact detrimental to the growth of the music business and those artists whom they claim to support.

Vincent Van Gogh

It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill- it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I'm all right when I completely immerse myself in work, but I'll always remain half crazy.

Justin Chon

I think that it'd be nice for other Asians to support other Asian artists and help each other instead of pull each other down.

It just seems like a lot of artists are into jewelry, so we had a lot of it. A lot of it was gorgeous. But some was questionable, whether they made it or it was an import.

It's difficult for artists to make it year-round here. You used to get a winter rental for $400 a month. Now it's $1,500.

G. H. Hardy

Because GAC is all about artists and music, we're a logical fit.

Charleston is very fortunate to have a significant number of working artists located in the community. We strive to be philanthropic, donating our art to numerous local charity events, and many of us open our studios and provide demonstrations to youth groups.

As artists we have a responsibility to organize and ensure that funds we raise for this cause are disseminated in a timely, fair and orderly fashion,

Authors and actors and artists and such - Never know nothing, and never know much

Lilly Singh

Independent content these days can be more successful than previously because of the power of social media. However, there are still systems in place to make sure independent artists don't get as far as signed ones.

Christo

In 1964, Jeanne-Claude and I became illegal aliens. That's when we moved here from Paris. And for three years, we were illegal aliens living in an illegal building. At that time, some artists started to move to SoHo, and they put A.I.R. - artists-in-residence - up on their windows.

In just over a year Napster has attracted a community of more than 20 million music fans who are sampling music, discovering new artists, buying CDs and sharing their passion for their favorite artists in our chat rooms.

In all of our shows, we have a narrative. When you have music in the forefront, the lyrics help people understand (the story). The other main focus in 'Delirium' is multimedia. We're using it as never before. We did a 10-day video shoot in Montreal with the characters, acrobats, artists and dancers in the show. We also have a live camera onstage.

In a little more than three years, the artists went out and the businesses came in.

Terry Crews

I kind of rode this weird line between athlete and artist. It was a little different because most of the athletes were total jocks, and most of the artists dressed in black and were kind of considered a little on the fringe. But I hung out with both crowds in my high school.

Debbie Allen

I'm respectful of other artists and I think there is a way to talk to actors to let them know they are making this. It all has to come through them.

Tony Bennett

I'm just so thrilled that all these contemporary artists want to sing with me. They're all making me feel so good.

I'm more and more confident of the answer. We have a wonderful crop of (younger) artists who are going to be around for a long time and who value the traditions of country music.

I like the interactive-ness; visiting artists don't usually interact with students. They usually lecture or provide a show and tell thing, I like being able to interact with the artist.

If you're in a band like Travis, you work with artists - whether video directors or whatever - and you let them get on with it.

Elizabeth Armstrong

If you look at the Museum of Modern Art's permanent collection now, it doesn't tell the story of what was happening during the '30s and '40s. While Myron prefers the representational, I think you can see he likes artists who pushed realism as close to abstraction as possible.

Issey Miyake

I like to go to galleries. Other people give me ideas. If I see something I like, I ask. Then I give the artists the clothes, and I forget about it.

Sarah Jones

I remember being influenced by great artists when I was a kid - not to call myself a great artist - but people who I thought were great enough that they really made a difference. And so I would never want to be disappointed by them, and I want to make sure I never disappoint audience.

In the short term, it's going to lead to reduction of the artists on contracts, as it moves to cut unprofitable relationships pretty aggressively, ... Some of that would have happened anyway, but this speeds it up -- you have an owner who just put a lot of cash into it and needs to get some of that cash back out.

Ikue Mori

I just got a grant from the artists space, Roulette. It's for chamber music, electronics and percussion. That's going to be my work for next year.

Catherine Hardwicke

I hope I haven't grown up. The cliche for all artists is that you don't want to lose that child inside. I think when you get sedentary and set in your ways, you can lose a lot of that spontaneity and creativity. I hope I'm holding on to that.