Even before I became a recording artist, I did other things in music. I was a teacher, I did studio work, and… — Jon Secada Copy Share Image
Every artist wants his work to be permanent. But what is? The Aswan Dam covered some of the greatest art in the… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
It's up to the artist to use language that can be understood, not hide it in some private code. Most of these… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Art deals with profound and simple moods. Let us suppose that the artist - in this instance (the artist) Picabia - gets… — Filippo Tommaso Marinetti Copy Share Image
I tend to look out for things with a resonance to my youth - artists or objects that seemed romantic all those… — Nicholas Haslam Copy Share Image
The vast majority of artists worldwide are unrepresented, disenfranchised or otherwise don't have an opportunity to sell or have their work shown.… — Bruce Livingstone Copy Share Image
It's really amazing to stand in front of a work you haven't seen before and be almost overwhelmed by its beauty and… — Paul Allen Copy Share Image
As a conscious rap artist, you should not want to be in a gangster market. You should be trying to establish your… — KRS-One Copy Share Image
We fear death, we shudder at life's instability, we grieve to see the flowers wilt again and again, and the leaves fall,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
I think the role of artists in the past was very different. Artists had less responsibility in many ways. — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give… — Aasif Mandvi Copy Share Image
People're artists they're doing something, taking a hunk of chaps, giving it some order, some form, and presenting it saying here is… — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
An artist is attracted to certain kinds of form without knowing why. You adopt a position intuitively; only later do you attempt… — Fernando Botero Copy Share Image
I can't think of another artist who has a fan base as diverse, in that the ladies in their 70s at the… — John Carter Cash Copy Share Image
To write a song is one thing, to get it to No.1 is another and to have a respected artist cover it… — Shakin' Stevens Copy Share Image
I’m here now, I’m inevitably going to die at some point, and as an artist I feel an ardent urge to constantly… — Adi Shankar Copy Share Image
There is a line from the Marina Tsvetaeva poem I'm so fond of: "In this most Christian of worlds/ All poets are… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“When I'm on a backhoe, I'm shaping clay. I am a sculptor. I am a farm artist.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Truth and reality in art begin at the point where the artist ceases to understand what he is doing and capable of… — Henri Matisse Copy Share Image
As an artist I write about the world I want to live in. And as a musician and someone who is in… — Brett Dennen Copy Share Image
Why seek to embarrass [the artist] with vanities foreign to his quietness? Know you not that certain sciences require the whole man,… — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
The No. 1 quote critics give me is, 'Thom, your work is irrelevant.' Now, that's a fascinating, fascinating comment. Yes, irrelevant to… — Thomas Kinkade Copy Share Image
If heaven gives me ten more years, or an extension of even five years, I shall surely become a true artist. — Hokusai Copy Share Image
An artist is like a woman who can do nothing but love, and who succumbs to every stray male jackass. — Heinrich Böll Copy Share Image
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