Artists Quotes · Page 32

There are forms of art that I might not like to do myself, but I still have respect for the artists who…

— Vanessa Paradis

“I had seen lot of good talent gone to waste because of ego, character and attitude of those talented individuals.”

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

I got obsessed with makeup and makeup artists when I was young, with people like Kevyn Aucoin.

— Rita Ora

Whether artists know it or not, I think we're all a little influenced by what came before.

— Michael McDonald

Artists have a sensibility that others don't have. They have a way of reading into the future.

— John Elkann

We are all born artists. If you have kids, you know what I mean. Almost everything kids do is art. They draw…

— Kim Young-ha

I think the big studios shaped and formed the artists that they put under contract.

— Nicolas Roeg

It's exciting for artists when you take them out of their comfort zone.

— Naughty Boy

“You can't make a fan of everyone. Stay true to your story, characters, music, art or whatever it is you do and…

— Ann Marie Frohoff

History's most treasured musicians were believed in and cultivated to reach their potential. Today, it would be difficult for those musicians to…

— Steve Vai

I believe that, artistically and culturally, the free radio air should be able to support local artists of whatever genre. Play 40…

— Chuck D

My idea of covers is that you should never cover a song and do it exactly like the artist because everyone's always…

— Glenn Danzig

A lot of very popular mainstream artists are products of record companies and marketing companies, and any time anyone can stand outside…

— Marco Brambilla

Marlene Dumas is one of the two or three most successful female artists alive, if you judge by prices. I've never reviewed…

— Jerry Saltz

I was raised on GG Allen, Divine, Elvira and Marilyn Manson. I was always more interested in those button pushing, transgressive artists…

— Sharon Needles

I think probably, the makeup artists don't really know how long it's going to take until they really work with your face…

— Andrea Martin

To me, the most important artists in my career are Arcangel and Balvin. Arcangel gave me the push, the respect in the…

— Bad Bunny

Whether we like to admit it or not, as artists, we do project our own worldview on to what we do.

— David Oyelowo

I'm a huge fan of Geffen records. Everything about them - their artists, their videos, their marketing.

— Guy Oseary

“There has to be a cut-off somewhere between the freedom of expression and a graphically explicit free-for-all.”

— Anonymous

Art is...a question mark in the minds of those who want to know what's happening.

— Aaron Howard

“A scientist is proud of his intelligence, an artist is proud of his imagination.”

— Amit Kalantri

I love to look at all those young artists' work and then bring them in, have them work with me at shows.

— Pat McGrath

I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits.

— Howard Hodgkin

I think artists are driven by the engine of their own talent, but it's a question of what use they put it…

— Tim Curry

Labels don't want artists to put out mixtapes because they don't monetize it.

— Yo Gotti

Artists realise that mathematicians have a way of looking at the world that can make them see things differently.

— Marcus du Sautoy

How can people think that artists seek a name? There is no such thing as an artist - only the world, lit…

— Annie Dillard

I hope to make the process of producing my take of the Biennial a transparent and interesting one for artists.

— Michelle Grabner

“Some artists are normal people who just happen to make things because we can't figure out how in the hell to communicate…

— Scott Nicholson

The artists who stick around for a while are the ones who go, 'Oh, that's cool, never thought of that. Ought to…

— Brad Paisley

I see artists as a great battalion moving through paint, words, music towards cosmological interpretation.

— Lawrence Durrell

I like a lot of the new artists, but there's only one I can name that stands out to me the most:…

— Prodigy

We as label executives, we have to know the limitations of the artists.

— Mathew Knowles

It's really hard to know why certain artists become famous and others don't.

— Errol Morris

Legend adheres to artists whose deaths seem the corollaries of their works.

— Joyce Johnson

All artists are redundant about their own style; they can't escape themselves.

— J. J. Cale

“The artist, to my way of thinking, is a monstrosity, something outside nature.”

— Gustave Flaubert

A few of the artists knew my name, because I have an unusual name, from Rolling Stone.

— Jancee Dunn

Chefs are artists, and I couldn't be happy with my art if I was forced to use cheap ingredients.

— Nobu Matsuhisa