What I definitely learnt from Michael Jackson is that simple is almost always better. As a songwriter, as an artist period. — Ne-Yo Copy Share Image
Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
“A scientist is proud of his intelligence, an artist is proud of his imagination.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
A lot of artists who have a certain style are expected to more or less keep doing their style. It's so easy… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
As an artist, you don't stop making art because people are not buying it. — Damien Hirst Copy Share Image
Technically, a makeup artist's canvas is the face and body. The difference is that my painting of makeup is integrated into the… — Richard Phillips Copy Share Image
Dancehall music is perceived as party music, which it is because of the rhythm, but there are messages that do come through… — Sean Paul Copy Share Image
I want to be remembered as an artist that gave you a piece of me, as opposed to some surface bullshit. I… — Drake Copy Share Image
An artist earns the right to call himself a creator only when he admits to himself that he is but an instrument. — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Genius may anticipate the season of maturity; but in the education of a people, as in that of an individual, memory must… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image
Usually people like to categorise artists. With my films, I categorise people: if I know which one of my movies you like,… — Mohsen Makhmalbaf Copy Share Image
I like my smock. You can tell the quality of the artist by the quality of his smock. Actually, I just like… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
The artists in country music who stopped having hits are the ones who were led into something that wasn't them. — Conway Twitty Copy Share Image
I try to keep my ear to the streets without sacrificing who I am as an artist. If a song needs a… — Teena Marie Copy Share Image
One of the major changes in attitude that occurred in the world of art as we moved from the nineteenth into the… — Jerry Uelsmann Copy Share Image
My favorite artist was probably Jay-Z. He's the one who inspired me to start writing music. He's a wordsmith. He's very clever.… — Trip Lee Copy Share Image
The creativity that comes from silence, from a quiet heart, feels different from that of ambition to both the creator and the… — Catherine Ingram Copy Share Image
Inside you there's an artist you don't know about. He's not interested in how things look different in moonlight. — Auguste Rodin Copy Share Image
I was...attacked for being a pasticheur, chided for composing "simple" music, blamed for deserting "modernism," accused of renouncing my "true Russian heritage."… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Show me a Scorsese film, and I'll show you a movie where he's taken risks. It's just his nature. He's an artist,… — Irwin Winkler Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's hard to listen to new music and get motivated, because it's elementary to me - no disrespect to new artists,… — DJ Quik Copy Share Image
“Show me a person who found love in his life and did not celebrate it with a dance.” — Shah Asad Rizvi Copy Share Image
