Artists Quotes · Page 23

Some artists just ruin their voices because they don't know any better.

— Billie Eilish

We have to construct communities of artists because they don't naturally exist in our culture.

— David Bayles

All great artists know that part of their task is to light up the distance between two human beings.

— Nadeem Aslam

Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way.

— Eli Broad

“And in uttering that Excellently executed truth You become an artist too”

— Maddy Kobar

It's the big boys, the Googles of this world, that are already benefiting from piracy and not paying the artists a dime.

— Kim Dotcom

I think that there should be more artists that want to be the escape for people, for the fans, for the public.

— Poppy

Actually, I don't think there's anyone that represents the artists, except the artists themselves.

— Isaac Hanson

I think artists should define themselves. They should speak about their work and how it relates to society and what's going on…

— Jose Parla

It just makes you a better artist when you're with people who are great artists themselves. Being around Kanye, soaking up all…

— Big Sean

You know, Simon he's an artist representative, but Randy and Paula actually were in the industry as artists so they had, you…

— Ruben Studdard

I like writing different types of music. I like writing Christian music. I like collaborating with Christian artists. We have a Christian…

— John Tesh

The truth is that painting is all about scale; you use scale to create experience. A lot of artists have lost that…

— Eric Fischl

“Funny how we do not realize the true value and legacy of a living icon until they suddenly pass away. Truth is,…

— Germany Kent

Artists and celebrities are citizens, and as such you have a responsibility to keep fighting for justice because there are monolithic power…

— Emily Saliers

Pitbull is great with brands. Endorsements with hip-hop artists work because hip-hop artists typically set the most trends... It's every brand's goal…

— Adam Kluger

Puffy's contribution to hip-hop culture was the remix. He offered us the music that his mom played in front of him, with…

— Curtis Jackson

“They will talk about you and it won't always be good. You won't even know them but they will critique you -…

— Alfa H

I've bought clothes based on record covers. Particularly from the formative music that turned me onto it in the first place when…

— Paul Weller

“If I could remove one thing from the world and replace it with something else, I would erase politics and put art…

— Suzy Kassem

“After the great Impressionists, and again after Van Gogh and Gaugin, people said, 'Painting is now played out.' But Bonnard, Maurice Denis,…

— Ambroise Vollard

There are certain artworks that I respond to, artists that I respond to. It's an intellectual reaction but it's also a biological…

— Jeff Koons

“My eyes roved over the walls covered with my collages and prints of famous paintings. Magritte, Kandinsky, Kahlo. My origami shapes hung…

— Heather Demetrios

“He was the most astonishing contradiction of components I’d ever encountered. Shy yet fiercely communicative when putting an idea into your head.…

— Chip Kidd

I love the beginnings of artists when all they've got is raw talent and nothing else.

— Keith Urban

We have a few artists that seem to sell enough to pay back what it costs to make a record.

— Alan Sparhawk

I'm trying not to go through that midlife dip that artists tend to have.

— Cornelia Parker

There's arrogance for you. I think all artists insert themselves into their subject matter.

— Sophie Blackall

“Bureaucracy is a huge beast; deeply rooted, it exists even among artists; it’s an almost losing battle against it.”

— Dejan Stojanovic

“Stop teasing you two,” Suzy jumped in, “not all of Kathy’s ideas are wacky.” “Gee thanks. Was that supposed to be a…

— E.A. Bucchianeri

“Magic is the stunning art of surprising your audience, so that nothing else surprises them.”

— Amit Kalantri

I don't like to have too many makeup artists around, so I always like to do my own.

— Diana Ross

In the place where I was a child, there were no artists and there was no art, so I really didn't know…

— Jasper Johns

“I refused, and still refuse, the inflated definition of artists as special people with special prerogatives and special excuses.”

— Anne Truitt

All artists are constantly looking for something and they don't always know what.

— Jacob Lawrence

RZA is one of the most unique individuals and rap artists that I have worked with.

— El DeBarge

“If you opened the dictionary and searched for the meaning of a Goddess, you would find the reflection of a dancing lady.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

I like that I'm an engineer - it sets me apart from a lot of other artists.

— Syd

When artists who are not associated with the typical infrastructure get recognition, that becomes a cultural movement.

— Ryan Lewis

I'm more comfortable revealing myself than hiding behind metaphors. I respond to artists who reveal something of themselves.

— Idina Menzel