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title: "19 Want Artists Quotes by 19 authors"
description: "Browse 19 Want Artists quotes by 19 authors. Discover the best Want Artists sayings and thoughts."
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> [I want artists to tell their story and share their life experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bushwick-bill/i-want-artists-to-tell-their-story-and-share-their-life-experience/)

[Bushwick Bill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bushwick-bill/)

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> [Labels don't want artists to put out mixtapes because they don't monetize it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yo-gotti/labels-don-t-want-artists-to-put-out-mixtapes-because-they-don-t/)

[Yo Gotti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yo-gotti/)

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> [Each year, more people want to become artists.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ai-weiwei/each-year-more-people-want-to-become-artists/)

[Ai Weiwei](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ai-weiwei/)

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> [There's very few geniuses that come and revolutionize everything. For the rest of us that want to be artists and have something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-isaac/there-s-very-few-geniuses-that-come-and-revolutionize-everything-for/)

[Oscar Isaac](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-isaac/)

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> [I want so many artists that I care about to go away and grow up, and have been amazed at how hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-berman/i-want-so-many-artists-that-i-care-about-to-go-away-and-grow-up-and/)

[David Berman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-berman/)

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> [The more freedom artists have to do what they want to do, the more they do what other artists are doing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-darby-bannard/the-more-freedom-artists-have-to-do-what-they-want-to-do-the-more/)

[Walter Darby Bannard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-darby-bannard/)

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> [A lot of people who want to be serious artists probably don't want to go for a talent show, but it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-walsh/a-lot-of-people-who-want-to-be-serious-artists-probably-don-t-want-to/)

[Louis Walsh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-walsh/)

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> [I want to be one of the artists in the cathedral on the great plain. I want to make a dragon's head,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ingmar-bergman/i-want-to-be-one-of-the-artists-in-the-cathedral-on-the-great-plain-i/)

[Ingmar Bergman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ingmar-bergman/)

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> [There are millions of people around the world that want to be artists and want to make stuff to entertain people, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-sestero/there-are-millions-of-people-around-the-world-that-want-to-be-artists/)

[Greg Sestero](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-sestero/)

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> [Shooting is a lost art. I want to be one of the artists who is remembered for a long, long time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-redd/shooting-is-a-lost-art-i-want-to-be-one-of-the-artists-who-is/)

[Michael Redd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-redd/)

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> [We want artists to stay in London. It's very important culturally and economically, but there are lots of challenges in terms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/munira-mirza/we-want-artists-to-stay-in-london-it-s-very-important-culturally-and/)

[Munira Mirza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/munira-mirza/)

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> [If politicians can't do it, I want to do it. We have to do it. Artists, put it in paintings. Poets, put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-jackson/if-politicians-can-t-do-it-i-want-to-do-it-we-have-to-do-it-artists/)

[Michael Jackson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-jackson/)

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> [People who are artists professionally are not artists because they want to be artists; they have to be artists. They're compelled to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-stokes-mitchell/people-who-are-artists-professionally-are-not-artists-because-they/)

[Brian Stokes Mitchell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-stokes-mitchell/)

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> [My ambition is we want artists to be able to afford to create the music they want to create, and if it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-ek/my-ambition-is-we-want-artists-to-be-able-to-afford-to-create-the/)

[Daniel Ek](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-ek/)

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> [I very often think about doing things that I would want other artists to do. Like, if I'm a fan of whoever,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patrick-stump/i-very-often-think-about-doing-things-that-i-would-want-other-artists/)

[Patrick Stump](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patrick-stump/)

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> [The Irish seem to want their artists to function as surrogate priests - sources of authority, founts of wisdom, people who will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-johnston/the-irish-seem-to-want-their-artists-to-function-as-surrogate-priests/)

[Alex Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-johnston/)

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> [I think that's an important lesson for young people who want to be artists: You have to find someone who believes in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-mcginley/i-think-that-s-an-important-lesson-for-young-people-who-want-to-be/)

[Ryan McGinley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-mcginley/)

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> [We don't necessarily need so many artists. I recommend that many of the people who think they want to be artists should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carolee-schneemann/we-don-t-necessarily-need-so-many-artists-i-recommend-that-many-of/)

[Carolee Schneemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carolee-schneemann/)

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> [I don't want artists to find themselves in a situation where there are only two buyers. That just doesn't seem like a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-landgraf/i-don-t-want-artists-to-find-themselves-in-a-situation-where-there/)

[John Landgraf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-landgraf/)

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