As many have said before me, artists are creative people who can't be dragged into the politics of nations. I have always… — Mahira Khan Copy Share Image
All artists are vain, they long to be recognized and to leave something to posterity. They want to be loved, and at… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
I think that that's why artists make art - it is difficult to put into words unless you are a poet. What… — Alex Grey Copy Share Image
The real artists are ultimately people who don't consider their audience and are almost incapable of considering their audience. They can do… — Steven Wilson Copy Share Image
Most of my friends in Nashville - almost all of them - seem to have had hits in the '70s, either as… — Dan Hill Copy Share Image
The biggest thing is education for young chefs and how they should focus on one cuisine rather than trying to imitate too… — Daniel Boulud Copy Share Image
As artists, it's tempting to forget the audience's needs. Too often, we're self-centered and self-indulgent in what we share with the world.… — Charity Sunshine Tillemann-Dick Copy Share Image
“General belief is “There is no real magic, only tricks” but a great magician compel people not to trust that belief and… — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
I'm not actually sure that actors or artists should be allowed to have a family, because the focus you need, the egotism,… — John Rhys-Davies Copy Share Image
“The supreme art is the art of being happy with the simplest things and the greatest artist is the person who performs… — Mehmet Murat ildan Copy Share Image
They[ Lana and Andy Wachowski]are true artists. They really are trying to say something and trying to create something original, and there… — Daryl Hannah Copy Share Image
It always makes me sad when I think of how I saw Wagner wasting his vitality, not only by singing their parts… — Anton Seidl Copy Share Image
People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there are some artists who have credited me… — Harvey Pekar Copy Share Image
We had been reading about these beatniks who hung out or lived in Greenwich Village, and we wanted to find out what… — Richie Havens Copy Share Image
“There are hundreds of thousands of musicians, artists, painters, poets, writers and bricklayers, and we certainly need walls, music and art, but… — Karl Wiggins Copy Share Image
My mother and father are very involved with music. It's completely part of their soul. They have an incredible record collection, all… — P. J. Harvey Copy Share Image
I’m always in awe of people who are artists in their fields – people who understand that simply by taking ideas and… — Kevin Systrom Copy Share Image
I've never understood why artists, who so often condescend to the cliches of their own culture, are so eager to embrace the… — Brad Holland Copy Share Image
My father started his own business, and before that was a freelance lecturer, and my friends are artists and musicians; they don't… — Rupert Friend Copy Share Image
When you're a Chicago artist, to play Lollapalooza, that's not a normal thing. It's artists on a path to a certain place… — Chance The Rapper Copy Share Image
Cartola is an artist from Brazil who didn't record until much later in his life, but had a big influence on a… — Jesse Harris Copy Share Image
I was looking at making a shift in my career. I've been so blessed I'd like to be able to give that… — Diana Ross Copy Share Image
A lot of musicians are good cooks, and a lot of cooks are musicians, but I think that may just be a… — Steve Albini Copy Share Image
We were all miners in our family. My father was a miner. My mother is a miner. These are miner's hands, but… — Alan Bennett Copy Share Image
I've made money, and I've been ripped off. I've had creative freedom, and I've been pressured to make hits. I have dealt… — David Byrne Copy Share Image
The reason con artists get away with what they get away with is, their victims are ashamed of their own blindness and… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
For me, in a world full of armies of stylists and makeup artists, what I think truly makes a fashion icon is… — Derek Blasberg Copy Share Image
I'm one of those artists that doesn't actually hate my old hits. I love Boston music. I really like 'More than a… — Tom Scholz Copy Share Image
My first three-sisters novel in a while, 'Sandcastles' tells the story of the Sullivan family - two passionate artists and their three… — Luanne Rice Copy Share Image
It was just me in my basement honing my skills, hearing songs on the radio and trying to manipulate them and then… — Clinton Sparks Copy Share Image
If one artist sells five million albums, the tendency is for other artists to say, 'Maybe I should do a little of… — Joe Nichols Copy Share Image
I want people to know about these visionary artists. I want people to know what they stand for and (that) they are… — Janelle Monae Copy Share Image
I think the advice, regardless of gender, is always be open to conversations with people who do things differently than you do.… — Beth Simone Noveck Copy Share Image
We feel closer to the drawings on the walls of Chauvet than the painting of, say, an Egyptian mural. These artists are… — Simon McBurney Copy Share Image
With the Gap Band coming from Oklahoma, other artists would tease us by calling us cowboys. We didn't grow up on a… — Charlie Wilson Copy Share Image
Someone asked me a while back, 'Why do artists always write about love?' And I was like, 'Love is the coolest thing… — Kris Allen Copy Share Image
My mom is actually a former prima ballerina, and all the women in my family are associated either with dance or choreography… — Ksenia Solo Copy Share Image
I think good artists know when they're on a roll, and they recognize when lightning is striking. It's a very fortunate thing… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
Feminist art may... though perhaps our imaginations are so mutilated now that we are incapable even of the ambition, introduce a new… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
Well, when you're recording an album, artists have what they feel like is good music, and the label, they're trying to sell… — Kris Allen Copy Share Image