The good thing about being an artist, is it's a legitimate way of looking at things cross-eyed. — John Chamberlain Copy Share Image
Being an artist is a very long game. It is not a 10-year game. I hope I'll be around making art when… — Anish Kapoor Copy Share Image
I can't imagine anybody who ends up being an artist who didn't pass through a time of geekiness. — Junot Diaz Copy Share Image
Wasn't the whole point of being an artist, or at least part of it, that you didn't have to wear a tie? — Meg Wolitzer Copy Share Image
I never decided at all to be an artist; being an artist seems to have happened to me. — Anne Truitt Copy Share Image
We should self-examine and talk about things like our own white privilege and these phony senses of being an artist. — Geoff Rickly Copy Share Image
Sometimes being an artist means knowing when to let someone see something in you that is there that you can't hear or… — Michael Buble Copy Share Image
I was being an artist, being sensitive and technical as artists are. I'm sure Leonardo Da Vinci did that. Artists don't always… — Roy Ayers Copy Share Image
I was at one point thinking about being an art historian, when I was in school. And not being an artist, but… — Robert Barry Copy Share Image
Over the years I have learned that creating art has made me happy. I used to be a lawyer and I'm much… — Nathan Sawaya Copy Share Image
All you can do as an artist is do what you think is an extension of you. You put down on paper… — Justin Timberlake Copy Share Image
The unique essence of being an artist is dying. Eveything looks the same. Now there’s a formula. And it works. - But… — Usher Copy Share Image
Being a songwriter requires versatility while being an artist requires you to create a cohesive body of work. I truly enjoy both. — Wendy Starland Copy Share Image
It became like a symbolic thing, to be “an artist.” After Duchamp, I realized that being an artist is more about a… — Ai Weiwei Copy Share Image
I had my little teenage craziness where I wanted to be a doctor, I admit. I have to confess at one point… — Mathieu Demy Copy Share Image
My mother really didn't come from artists. Her famous quote to me was, "The only artists I've ever heard of are dead."… — Glenn Ligon Copy Share Image
As a kid, I wanted to be an inventor and realizing that being an artist is like being an inventor because you… — Michael C. McMillen Copy Share Image
In our time there are many artists who do something because it is new; they see their value and their justification in… — Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Copy Share Image
I think some of the most beneficial things being an artist has brought to me in film is just you're not afraid… — Common Copy Share Image
Being an artist is not exactly the most universally respected, or secure thing to do with your life. It can be frightening… — Joan Osborne Copy Share Image
My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
If anything, I hope being an artist opens up more opportunities 'cause I feel there's a lot of things I could do,… — PJ Harvey Copy Share Image
I don't look at myself as a celebrity. People recognize me, but it's all about my music, my songs. It's not like… — Faith Evans Copy Share Image
The Illusionist is the storyteller in so many ways. Symbols become his obsession. It's not simply about creating plot - one must… — Porochista Khakpour Copy Share Image
Somewhere within all of us is a wordless center, a part of us that hopes to be immortal in some way, a… — Richard Schmid Copy Share Image
I was doing great plays. It wasn't changing the world. I was getting good agents and doing film and TV and I… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
I study everything that I do to become better all the time at my craft. The beauty for me about being an… — Lady Gaga Copy Share Image
Wolfe was drinking beer and looking at pictures of snowflakes in a book someone had sent him from Czechoslovakia... ...Wolfe seemed absorbed… — Rex Stout Copy Share Image
I started blogging because I didn't know if I wanted to be an artist. I wanted to talk to other people online… — Toyin Odutola Copy Share Image
I was worried that I, the artist Morimura, would have conflicts with the participating artists and develop a strenuous relationship with them.… — Yasumasa Morimura Copy Share Image
“The creative process is a love story that never ends. The ideas are like suitors competing for your attention. You may have… — Jaeda DeWalt Copy Share Image
