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title: "11 Artists Tend Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [Artists tend to be beyond embarrassment the way little children tend to be beyond embarrassment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carl-andre/artists-tend-to-be-beyond-embarrassment-the-way-little-children-tend/)

[Carl Andre](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carl-andre/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/26e/carl-andre-12004_art_artists-tend-to-be-beyond-embarrassment_2468161.jpg)

> [I'm trying not to go through that midlife dip that artists tend to have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cornelia-parker/i-m-trying-not-to-go-through-that-midlife-dip-that-artists-tend-to/)

[Cornelia Parker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cornelia-parker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/64a/cornelia-parker-4217_art_i-m-trying-not-to-go-through-that-midlif_2582656.jpg)

> [Artists tend to get this thing called demo-itis, and I'm extremely guilty of that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-lennox/artists-tend-to-get-this-thing-called-demo-itis-and-i-m-extremely/)

[Ari Lennox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-lennox/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b73/ari-lennox-14093_art_artists-tend-to-get-this-thing-called-de_623800.jpg)

> [I like artists that tend to be more interested in reinventing themselves, in experimenting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-wilson/i-like-artists-that-tend-to-be-more-interested-in-reinventing/)

[Steven Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-wilson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bc1/steven-wilson-4379_art_i-like-artists-that-tend-to-be-more-inte_1177279.png)

> [“Visual artists tend to like Tumblr, Instagram, or Facebook.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-kleon/visual-artists-tend-to-like-tumblr-instagram-or-facebook/)

[Austin Kleon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-kleon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/440/austin-kleon-1835_art_visual-artists-tend-to-like-tumblr-insta_1632985.png)

> [Audiences tend to dig the earlier stuff by any given musician, and the artists themselves always tend to prefer the thing that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bradford-cox/audiences-tend-to-dig-the-earlier-stuff-by-any-given-musician-and-the/)

[Bradford Cox](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bradford-cox/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/008/bradford-cox-7663_art_audiences-tend-to-dig-the-earlier-stuff_2852143.jpg)

> [Coming from Britain, I was terrified of meeting all these other artists, because artists over there tend to fight with each other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thom-yorke/coming-from-britain-i-was-terrified-of-meeting-all-these-other/)

[Thom Yorke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thom-yorke/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/515/thom-yorke-979_art_coming-from-britain-i-was-terrified-of-m_596512.jpg)

> [“But fans, including critics, of particular movements of artists, tend to want what they love to stay the same, the regression is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-grella-jr/but-fans-including-critics-of-particular-movements-of-artists-tend-to/)

[George Grella Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-grella-jr/)

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> [You're only dealing with whatever you know, which is a very small part of it and later on it'll look like it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-judd/you-re-only-dealing-with-whatever-you-know-which-is-a-very-small-part/)

[Donald Judd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-judd/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/189/donald-judd-14721_among_you-re-only-dealing-with-whatever-you-kn_2952255.jpg)

> [“The reason people are so moved by art and why artists tend to take it all so seriously is that if they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-heller/the-reason-people-are-so-moved-by-art-and-why-artists-tend-to-take-it/)

[Peter Heller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-heller/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d1/peter-heller-3324_art_the-reason-people-are-so-moved-by-art-an_2965546.png)

> [Artists tend to be people of strong character and opinion. Often they are dismissed in our culture if they don't fit a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-greenwald/artists-tend-to-be-people-of-strong-character-and-opinion-often-they/)

[Robert Greenwald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-greenwald/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb2/robert-greenwald-23702_action_artists-tend-to-be-people-of-strong-char_2035957.jpg)

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