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> [Artists are supposed to stay hungry.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-connelly/artists-are-supposed-to-stay-hungry/)

[Michael Connelly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-connelly/)

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> [Artists are supposed to be the ones with imagination. A good part of our job description is to get regular people to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-genn/artists-are-supposed-to-be-the-ones-with-imagination-a-good-part-of/)

[Robert Genn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-genn/)

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> [There's this notion that artists are supposed to be dumb and frivolous. I completely disagree with that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lauren-jauregui/there-s-this-notion-that-artists-are-supposed-to-be-dumb-and/)

[Lauren Jauregui](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lauren-jauregui/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3a2/lauren-jauregui-4244_art_there-s-this-notion-that-artists-are-sup_360434.jpg)

> [To be an artist of my generation willing to be unhip -artists were supposed to be like cowboys.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/deborah-kass/to-be-an-artist-of-my-generation-willing-to-be-unhip-artists-were/)

[Deborah Kass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/deborah-kass/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/745/deborah-kass-44988_art_to-be-an-artist-of-my-generation-willing_3160763.jpg)

> [Most of the time, the artists are not supposed to wear the fashion. It is always seen as a vanity. But I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marina-abramovic/most-of-the-time-the-artists-are-not-supposed-to-wear-the-fashion-it/)

[Marina Abramovic](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marina-abramovic/)

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> [My whole art is based on escaping life and reality, which might not the best tendency to have when you're trying to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lykke-li/my-whole-art-is-based-on-escaping-life-and-reality-which-might-not/)

[Lykke Li](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lykke-li/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0b5/lykke-li-3123_art_my-whole-art-is-based-on-escaping-life-a_1902548.png)

> [All artists are anarchists in some way - some more extreme than others, but it's something that I think artists are supposed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-zemeckis/all-artists-are-anarchists-in-some-way-some-more-extreme-than-others/)

[Robert Zemeckis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-zemeckis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c62/robert-zemeckis-16899_anarchist_all-artists-are-anarchists-in-some-way-s_2366918.jpg)

> [“-Do you think artists are supposed to be happy? -Everyone is supposed to be. -I said staunchly,and I knew that I was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kostova/do-you-think-artists-are-supposed-to-be-happy-everyone-is-supposed-to/)

[Elizabeth Kostova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kostova/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/elizabeth-kostova-6991_art_do-you-think-artists-are-supposed-to-be_910848.png)

> [My parents are artists; in their world, in the world of modern artists, you are supposed to just go into your studio…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lena-dunham/my-parents-are-artists-in-their-world-in-the-world-of-modern-artists/)

[Lena Dunham](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lena-dunham/)

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