Famous Quotes & Sayings

Graham Elliot

I'm inspired by artists who use a limited palette, like painter Piet Mondrian, and the White Stripes, two musicians who create an incredible sound. Our food is starting to go back to a 'less is more' style.

Gore Verbinski

My respect for artists is very high. I think to get the most out of them, you have to liberate them. I think part of liberating them is saying, 'Come up with something brilliant, new, and fresh. Stop thinking based on what has been beat into you by executives or publishers in terms of what's going to work and what's not. Don't react, just act.'

Q-Tip

The song, 'Life is Better,' is about hip-hop. It's about my love for hip-hop. And, you know, I go through all the artists from the beginning to the end, you know. And, well, not to the end, but since the beginning to now, you know.

Miranda Lambert

I feel like I am one of those artists that, thank god, can sing live.

Connor Franta

I find a lot of up-and-coming musicians I enjoy, present them to my viewers - and hopefully inflate the growth of these artists by putting them in front an audience that wouldn't have been aware of them.

Will Eisner

I did not have the dreams that the other artists working with me had, of 'moving uptown,' becoming an illustrator or a gallery painter, or those others who said, 'I'm going to go uptown and be a writer, I'm going to work for The New Yorker one day and escape this ghetto.' For me, there was no escape.

If people like Ms. Finley and other performance artists who do things with vegetables that you and I would find to be ... unusual, they can go and find patrons and supporters in the marketplace.

Jason James

Knowing that my wish list was pretty lofty and already busy working on other projects, I wrote Johnny Repeat in distinct chapters so high-caliber artists could contribute without having to make a 100-page commitment. I'm calling it 'cosmic noir.' I can't wait for everyone to see it!

Eric Kandel

I would not necessarily say that scientists and artists need to collaborate with one another, but it would be helpful for them to talk to one another to, perhaps, give rise to specific ideas that may or may not be carried out together.

Dottie Peoples

Because secular artists participate, somebody coming might not even go to church.

China enjoys 5,000 years of history and cultural diversity that stems from its vast population, ... What we're presenting is a comprehensive sampling of the best that China has to offer, large and small ensembles from many regions of China, as well as artists of Chinese descent from the United States.

I'm always trying to think of something clever and fun to do with the music. There's so many cool things musicians and artists can do with their products.

Adrian Peterson

I'm all into my rap grooves. I'm checking out artists like Lil' Wayne and Trick Daddy.

Mary Lambert

I look up to Tegan & Sara, obviously, Adele and Natalie Maines from the Dixie Chicks. All these artists are strong in their convictions, and they haven't changed who they are for the music business.

Roberta Flack

I have my own charity I am trying to get off the ground as well, which some of my concerts go toward funding, ... I am building a school-the Roberta Flack School of Music-in two brownstones I purchased in New York City. The purpose is to help other young musician artists just as I received good teaching and help from my family and friends back home.

I think it's excellent. The attention to detail, the way the artists really love what they're doing. They're excited about it.

James Cromwell

I think the obligation of an artist is to make a difference in the world. That is what matters most to me. I think that artists are the leaders of the world because they do not have a connection to the industrial complex, the day-to-day short-term survival that most people are involved with.

I think the fact that they didn't attain the level of success of solo artists probably has something to do with it as well. They may have had some impact, but none are around today. They weren't able to sustain it.

Her wit, comic timing, and her relationship with the artists bring a dynamic to the awards that I think is unprecedented in our industry.

Oscar Wilde

Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.

Steve Vai

History's most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would be difficult for those musicians to get deals. We have the insight and the tools to identify and bring to fruition the dormant talent that our artists possess.

Kelly Price

I was known for being talented, but I was still the fat girl. And it wasn't what people were looking for. There's a lot that you hear. There's a lot of cruelty out there. Some of it comes from the executive offices. It comes from other artists at times. It was a very difficult thing to overcome.

Campbell Scott

I got my start on the stage and there's no question that I keep getting drawn back to material and artists born there.

If we can find a couple hundred new fans for some of these touring artists working on grass roots fan bases, that's part of our mission: to expose the stars to our market. We're taking a look at some interesting stuff that's local to Wisconsin, but could be the next big thing out of Wisconsin.

If the studios close then these great artists and others will have no reason to come to the city to record.

I always take a shower, then sit down and relax while I listen to music on my CD player. My favorite artists are Lil' Wayne and Bun B.

He was very creative and he always loved music. We have video tapes of him performing artists such as Michael Jackson. He would sing his heart out and be dancing up a storm.

He was the first to put these four pieces together and I think we can expect other artists put together even more pieces.

He is able to expose artists to a diverse crowd, and he gives many musicians of different styles and levels a chance.

There is a strong core of artists who have been working to preserve Frankford for a long time. It's been very inspiring and motivating for me to start to build relationships with them.

There is no connection between the artists who performed at the event and ordinary, run-of-the-mill graffiti arrests.

We're open rain or shine, as long as it's not a safety issue. It hasn't rained in more than 140 days, so we invite people to come out, bring an umbrella and raincoat and enjoy the arts, the artists and the rain.

Joe Simon

When I and the other young artists were working in comics, our work carried with it a particularly American slant. After all, we were Americans drawing and writing about things that touched us. As it turned out, the early work was, you might say, a comic book version of Jazz.