It was my family that wanted me to be a teacher. That was safe, you see. To be a painter was terrible. — Josef Albers Copy Share Image
The thing is, I'll always be a touring artist. It's what I am; that's what I love doing. — George Ezra Copy Share Image
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
“Paint what you know, especially if it looks like something you shouldn't know.” — Andrew Levy Copy Share Image
The artist has to be exactly the opposite [of people singing the song, I've gotta be Me,] and transcend himself as he… — Romare Bearden Copy Share Image
On the 'Blacks & Browns' record, it's me and Sad Boy. He's a Hispanic artist, and we're talking about what we got… — YG Copy Share Image
A lot of hip-hop artists wear fur, and they think it's a status symbol. That doesn't register for me; I just see… — Tommy Lee Copy Share Image
Sculpture is for the touch, painting is for the eye. I wanted to make a sculpture for the eye and a painting… — Richard Artschwager Copy Share Image
In the studio, I don't do a lot of work that requires repetitive activity. I spend a lot of time looking and… — Bruce Nauman Copy Share Image
The exciting thing about a songwriter is that, you know, particularly if you're a songwriter and an artist and you play the… — Stevie Wonder Copy Share Image
“An artist can’t choose between right and wrong. It can only be his art or death. Nothing else matters. Not family, not… — MURIELLE CYR Copy Share Image
It's a fine balance between design and the thing making itself happen. The stroke has to have complete precision to work. Sometimes… — James Nares Copy Share Image
I'm not a political artist in any way, but if an idea takes me somewhere or something is emotionally impactful, I find… — Idris Khan Copy Share Image
When I say artist I don't meanin the narrow sense of the wordbut the man who is building thingscreating molding the earthwhether… — Jackson Pollock Copy Share Image
When you listen to an album, it shouldn't feel like, "That's the girl song," "That's the club song." I shouldn't know what… — Jay-Z Copy Share Image
“Curator David Finley called his friend Edith Vanderbilt, who agreed to hide the nation’s most precious artworks—sixty-two paintings and seventeen sculptures—at the… — Garrett M. Graff Copy Share Image