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> [The integrity of being an artist for Frank Stella means going into the unknown.A great artist is somebody who's not scared to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-stella/the-integrity-of-being-an-artist-for-frank-stella-means-going-into/)

[Frank Stella](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-stella/)

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> [I want to be remembered as somebody that tried to respect her integrity as an artist and as a person. And I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penelope-cruz/i-want-to-be-remembered-as-somebody-that-tried-to-respect-her/)

[Penelope Cruz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penelope-cruz/)

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> [They were in the world and not of it--not because they were saints, but in a different way: because they were artists.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-merton/they-were-in-the-world-and-not-of-it-not-because-they-were-saints-but/)

[Thomas Merton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-merton/)

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> [You have to be firm when you're protecting your art, your craft, your integrity as an artist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/myha-la/you-have-to-be-firm-when-you-re-protecting-your-art-your-craft-your/)

[Myha'la](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/myha-la/)

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> [“It is unfeeling to speak of the people who cooperate in the production of art works as "personnel" or, worse yet, "support…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-becker/it-is-unfeeling-to-speak-of-the-people-who-cooperate-in-the/)

[Howard Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-becker/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/622/howard-becker-242956_art_it-is-unfeeling-to-speak-of-the-people-w_2724378.jpg)

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