One of the beauties of being an artist is that you can create a whole new world, with circumstances that are better… — Maurice Sendak 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
Politics is politics; art is art. If you play a political role, you have to stop being an artist. — Youssou N'Dour 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
Being an artist and being a teacher are two conflicting things. When I paint, my work manifests the unexpected... In teaching it's… — Pierre Alechinsky Copy Share Image
There's a great difference between being popular and being an artist. — Shirley Knight 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
Back in the day, even if they were singing about the same things, each artist was unique. That's why I try to… — Sisqo Copy Share Image
I loved being a child. If I do have a talent, it's not so much being an artist, but it's being able… — Jan Brett Copy Share Image
Why do we make records? Because we want to say something. Why are you in art? Because you want to say something.… — Patrick Stump Copy Share Image
Everybody needs a release. Sometimes people mosh at my shows. That inspired me to make records to get the people more crunk.… — Yelawolf 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
The artists who have inspired me the most in my life are the ones who have really had something to say and… — Alicia Keys Copy Share Image
“From the outside looking in, i think my life would appear very isolated, occupying a huge empty space, with hollow-sounding, emotional echoes.… — Jaeda DeWalt 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
With the Ford Foundation grant all of a sudden instead of being an artist that had made a couple of short films,… — Bruce Conner 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
Being an artist is not easy - I have always said that to the students I have taught over the years. It's… — Marina Abramovic Copy Share Image
[My mother] would have me smothered like the Princes in the Tower if I showed any inclination for being an artist. She… — Francis Meadow Sutcliffe Copy Share Image
Part of the business of being an artist is abetting talent. The best do that. — Faith Sullivan Copy Share Image
I think that being an artist is more an approach to life than an approach to work. — Andrew Levitas Copy Share Image
Being an artist, its all a journey, and you learn where the subtle patterns lie. — Graeme Base Copy Share Image
The awesome thing about being an artist? You can't be fired from your own mind. — Rose McGowan Copy Share Image
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