An artist can only be evaluated after he's dead. At the 11th hour he might do something that will eclipse everything else. — Van Cliburn Copy Share Image
I feel like I've got the skills to be at the top, I feel like I've got the mind-state, so basically what… — SonReal Copy Share Image
I prefer artists who are creative more than artists who are technical, I think everybody would agree with that. — Jeffrey Lewis Copy Share Image
I can go wherever, to Kuala Lumpur or wherever, and if somebody will ask me where I'm from and I say I'm… — Jon Gnarr Copy Share Image
My greatest accomplishment is the freedom for doing what I want to do with my music...I love my freedom so I'm happy… — Ziggy Marley Copy Share Image
It's important to remind kids who obviously love writing and creating, that's it's going to be the most important part of what… — Declan McKenna Copy Share Image
I'm not the kind of artist who has an idea and then carries it out; it's more like I find what the… — Cecily Brown Copy Share Image
When I joined, I was one of the first artists to sign on to the Motown West label when they opened their… — Thelma Houston Copy Share Image
I want people to see my unique charm I have in contrast to the other artists. — Yunho Copy Share Image
Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experienced. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days. — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
An artist can go paint, and a writer can go write, but an actor needs to get hired, needs somebody to say,… — John Glover Copy Share Image
One of the dangers of the American artist is that he finds himself almost exclusively thrown in with persons more or less… — Thornton Wilder Copy Share Image
I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as… — Natalie Maines Copy Share Image
To any artist, worthy of the name, all in nature is beautiful, because his eyes, fearlessly accepting all exterior truth, read there,… — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
I don't have a normal job, so I really appreciate having friends who are writers and artists. It's fun to have a… — Natalie Portman Copy Share Image
No man who has managed to keep out of an office can be called a failure in life. — Richard Aldington Copy Share Image
The techniques are all means of dealing with one simple idea: She wrote it. (That is, the "wrong" person--in this case, female--has… — Joanna Russ Copy Share Image
The job of an artist is to entertain and not get involved with politics. We give the people in the countries we… — Engelbert Humperdinck Copy Share Image
Well, to me, the tensile strength and the very definition of an artist is something that I would place at the top… — Van Dyke Parks Copy Share Image
Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble. — Chuck Close Copy Share Image
I wouldn't necessarily say she is a country artist. I mean, obviously Taylor Swift started in country, but she morphed into somewhat… — Luke Bryan Copy Share Image
In serving his vision of the truth, the artist best serves his nation. — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I met Méret Oppenheim when I was a very young artist just coming to New York. She really liked my early films… — Rebecca Horn Copy Share Image