Artists Quotes · Page 24

The producers want us to sell, sell, sell. That's my little joke. That's what we do by day; by night, we're artists.

— Mike Nichols

I think these days, new artists have a tendency to try to cut corners.

— Jason Mraz

Constant contact is what people require these days. It's tough on artists.

— Emily Robison

The biggest difference between me and other artists out there is that they'll put anything out to sell a record or sell…

— Corey Taylor

An artist usually has no friends except other artists, and usually they do not like his work.

— Mignon McLaughlin

I don't feel there are enough women artists out there who are saying anything of tremendous relevance.

— Annie Lennox

It's so easy to look at artists, like myself or whoever, and think their lives are perfect. That's just not a reality…

— Carly Pearce

“Back then: to be regarded as well-known, one had to be great. Today: to be regarded as great, one has to be…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

Pop artists work really hard, and they might not work for the same things that indie artists do, but they're still musicians,…

— Mitski

I didn't realize how much harm I was doing back then and I think a lot of rap artists probably don't realize…

— Adam Yauch

In 1965, when great young white artists in the English-speaking world were successfully re-channeling hillbilly and black music - you know Bob…

— Iggy Pop

As long as artists arbitrarily assume the right to decide what is or is not art, it is logical that the public…

— Leon Krier

Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies. Life comes…

— Brandon Boyd

'The Outsiders' cast in particular was a joy to be around - sweet kids, normal goofy teenagers off camera and serious artists…

— S. E. Hinton

New York is the place that made my and other artists' dreams come true by giving us a chance to realise our…

— Yayoi Kusama

I've collaborated with artists that truly run the gamut: from members of the Wu Tang Clan and Capone, to Moby, Lady Gaga,…

— Wendy Starland

“(All those paintings of women, in art galleries, surprised at private moments. Nymph Sleeping. Susanna and the Elders. Woman bathing, one foot…

— Margaret Atwood

The element of heroic maleness had always been present in the concept of the artist as one who rides the winged horse…

— Germaine Greer

If you saw me without concealer, you would see that I have raccoon eyes. And I think my forehead is too small.…

— Shilpa Shetty

“Artist communities love to bullshit each other and glad-hand one another, and there's no room for the crippling honesty of comedy. "I'm…

— Doug Stanhope

I made a real specific decision when I came out of school and most artists were writing about home - if you…

— Anna Deavere Smith

My education was dominated by modernist thinkers and artists who taught me that the supreme imperative was courage to face the awful…

— Ellen Willis

“All of us had problems, it seemed, whose sources were untraceable, crossing over one another like the trajectories of countless raindrops in…

— Thomas Ligotti

“The job is what you do when you are told what to do. The job is showing up at the factory, following…

— Seth Godin

I've been compared to hundreds of artists, which just goes to show you that I'm not any one thing at all.

— Lenny Kravitz

There is an indefinable quality possessed by some artists. You simply can't explain it.

— Vera-Ellen

“Show me a person who found love in his life and did not celebrate it with a dance.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

I was raised by this whole community of artists. It was pretty wild.

— Alexander Skarsgard

I have this weird thing where all the artists that I find myself engaging with the most are the ones that I…

— Owen Pallett

“Give royal treatment to your original magic effects, because one of the effects might make you the king of magic.”

— Amit Kalantri

When people say 'overnight success' I say 'oooo that was a long night...'

— Milana May

Out of all the R&B artists that have come out, I think my name has been used most in hip-hop songs.

— Keith Sweat

“Dance to inspire, dance to freedom, life is about experiences so dance and let yourself become free.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

“Through synergy of intellect, artistry and grace came into existence the blessing of a dancer.”

— Shah Asad Rizvi

We have to support our local artists. It's just that simple. Otherwise, we will have no art.

— Al Jourgensen

Art is an infusion of inner feelings and thoughts executed in an original style that defines the artist.

— Jean Norvy

“Rulebreakers are like great artists, sometimes we don’t recognise what they give us until it’s too late.”

— Sam Conniff Allende

If you think about it, these artists creating music, dancing, writingits pretty amazing.

— Justin Nozuka

We may run out of resources but please never ever run out of Ideas, Be inspired.

— Christopher Chan Wen Hui

Sacred texts give no specific depiction of God, so for centuries, artists and filmmakers have had to choose their own visual depiction.

— Ridley Scott