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> [ \[Phil Wood\] was a great artist, and he knew things. He could be mildly conversant in several languages. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-gordon/phil-wood-was-a-great-artist-and-he-knew-things-he-could-be-mildly/)

[Jon Gordon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-gordon/)

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> [“...he knew of the innermost danger of all artists, he knew the utter loneliness of the man destined to be an artist,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hermann-broch/he-knew-of-the-innermost-danger-of-all-artists-he-knew-the-utter/)

[Hermann Broch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hermann-broch/)

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> [The real artist, who knew what he was imitating, would be interested in realities and not in imitations; and would desire to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/socrates/the-real-artist-who-knew-what-he-was-imitating-would-be-interested-in/)

[Socrates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/socrates/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fc/socrates-405_art_the-real-artist-who-knew-what-he-was-imi_1481799.jpg)

> [John Cage is someone I got into as a visual artist, before I even knew his music. I don't think a lot…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/devendra-banhart/john-cage-is-someone-i-got-into-as-a-visual-artist-before-i-even-knew/)

[Devendra Banhart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/devendra-banhart/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca9/devendra-banhart-3176_art_john-cage-is-someone-i-got-into-as-a-vis_2013281.png)

> [I always wanted to be an artist. I always knew that I wanted to paint, or dance, or sing, or act, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniela-vega/i-always-wanted-to-be-an-artist-i-always-knew-that-i-wanted-to-paint/)

[Daniela Vega](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniela-vega/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c9/daniela-vega-24513_always_i-always-wanted-to-be-an-artist-i-always_2601847.jpg)

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