Artists Quotes · Page 26

I have a lot of artists who I just love to hear their music, and I'm a fan of them.

— Maluma

I hate working with artists who don't have something to say or when they have something that sounds cool but isn't really…

— Drumma Boy

“As useful as an unhappy artist. As useless as a happy philosopher.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

I've been so blessed to work with all my favorite artists as a gay man.

— MNEK

I don't buy art just to make artists happy any more than I want to make them sad if I sell their…

— Charles Saatchi

You get to a point where you really can't manage more artists, because representing artists takes a lot of time.

— Larry Gagosian

Exclusives are bad for artists, bad for consumers, and bad for the whole industry.

— Troy Carter

The artists who endure are the ones who stay focused even after they have reached the top of their profession.

— Simon Cowell

You can get really left of centre influences in mainstream pop. Michael Jackson and Prince are some of the most progressive artists…

— Kimbra

I love producing. My dream as a producer is to be able to build a company that can be a safe haven…

— Brittany Murphy

Hit songs are mysterious and slippery beasts; few artists have a lock on them. This means that many people, like me, have…

— Dan Hill

For many artists and critics, beauty is a discredited idea. It denotes the saccharine sylvan scenes and cheesy melodies that appealed to…

— Roger Scruton

I don't think successful musicians were really put on this planet in order to have a great time, pat themselves on the…

— Ian Anderson

Music changes every three months. There's always new artists coming out. There's always new sounds. There is always a new hit coming…

— Tyga

“People experience art as a transformative or even transcendent experience when it really only reflects back and awakens parts of them that…

— Stewart Stafford

Artists forget than the first purpose of a comic character is to convey emotion. Everything else, like realism, or other kinds of…

— Ted Naifeh

Capitalists work hard to produce what consumers want. Artists who work too hard to produce what consumers want are often accused of…

— Alex Tabarrok

“Look, I don't see why bad artists - I mean artists who are obviously incompetent... - why they should be presented hypocritically…

— Anthony Burgess

“It's 4am again and I'm just getting started. People are boring and I want to burn with excitement or anger and bleed,…

— Charlotte Eriksson

Working on the Obama campaign was a life-changer for me. I realized during that campaign that structure is the name of the…

— Ira Sachs

“I will always know the glory of the beautiful and rare, as they will know security from labour and prayer. As they…

— Roman Payne

“In the twentieth century the women who wanted to be on their own were some of the best, the honest ones, those…

— Richard Aldington

As creators, it's our responsibility to inspire, to motivate, to ignite the fire in every living person. Even in our deepest frustration…

— Chas Hathaway

I'm in a hallowed league of artists. Whether it's Billie Holiday or Rakim or Jimmy Hendrix or... I don't know, MGMT, we're…

— Q-Tip

“Good artists exist simply in what they make, and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.”

— Oscar Wilde

Artists are the gate keepers of truth. We are civilization’s radical voice.

— Paul Robeson

“Talent & Skills are useless & won’t get you anywhere, without lot of practice, commitment & prioritization”

— De philosopher DJ Kyos

In the contemporary world, artists are almost entirely self-referential.

— Hilton Als

Digital sound is damaging music; it's damaging the artists. It's so degrading.

— Jimmy Iovine

Decent artists go through bad times but eventually they do get recognized. It's by no means a battle lost. Yet.

— Louis Auchincloss

Fashion is very tough, and we shouldn't forget that before designers were money-makers, they were artists.

— Carine Roitfeld

Artists speak the truth to the public without fear of retribution or damage to their careers.

— Ron Silver

I'm trying to embrace social media because it gives artists a little more power than we've had in the past.

— Billy Porter

Artists aren't role models. If you want to do that, go into politics.

— Ken Jeong

Artists don't come much cooler and well rounded than Lady Gaga. Love and respect.

— Nile Rodgers

Some people have their problems with the Grammys, and it doesn't recognize so many great artists.

— Tucker Halpern

There are some artists that love that limelight. I don't do it for that.

— Keyshia Cole

I love to work with artists that were able to find a brand new name and create something really exciting and fresh.

— Steve Aoki

I don't know many artists who are happy with themselves all of the time.

— Moby

Are artists and writers the only people entitled to lives of their own?

— Richard Yates