I'm just an artist. I can only do so much. I can only say…

That's just me as an artist. I say what needs to be said.

— Amine

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

— Luke Bryan

When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously.

— Takeshi Kitano

A big enough artist, I say, can eat anything, must eat everything and then alchemize it. Only the feeble writer is afraid of expansion.

— Anais Nin

There’s no “correct path” to becoming a real artist. You might think you’ll gain legitimacy by going to university, getting published, getting signed to…

— Amanda Palmer

I want to be a genuine artist who has a say in what I do.

— Leah LaBelle

Someone who is an artist can say, 'I can create and can make what I create disappear.'

— Isabelle Adjani

When I'm getting ready for a part, the makeup artist will often say something like: 'Oh, you don't seem the type for a tattoo.'

— Jason Watkins

People ask me who is my favorite country artist. I say, you mean besides George Jones.

— Johnny Cash

You can make what you want. People care about what the artist has to say, what the sound is, and how it affects them.

— Labrinth

You really can't be a good artist if you can't say what you really feel. And people may be offended, but, you know, that's…

— Alice Walker

The artist must say it without saying it.

— Duke Ellington

I do my work. My work is my statement. Generally, I think, there is too much interest in what an artist has to say.…

— Candida Hofer

The job of the artist, is to say, wait a second, everything that we have thought is wrong. Let's re-examine it.

— David Mamet

At the end of the day, I don't know what makes any artist say what he says. Everyone has a reason for whatever it…

— Tyga