"You know, real artists, we expose our flaws.……" — Anna Deavere Smith

"You know, real artists, we expose our flaws. We long for intimacy."

— Anna Deavere Smith

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85 Quotes by Anna Deavere Smith

Anna Deavere Smith has 85 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Confidence is the mark of a hopeful disposition.
I am not myself; I am the potential of myself.
The individuals inside are frequently fighting that their individual voices be heard, while the walls of the place, which are…
Even jealousy is based on fantasies: a fantasy that someone else has what belongs to you.
Discipline — both mental and physical — is crucial.
We who are in the arts are at the risk of being in a popularity contest rather than a profession.…
Art simply can’t be stopped.
What you are will show, ultimately. Start now, every day, becoming, in your actions, your regular actions, what you would…
My work is about giving voice to the unheard, and reiterating the voice of the heard in such a way…
Hope is when you look out the window and you go, 'It doesn't look good at all, but I'm going…
Self-esteem does not come from surrounding yourself with people and things that seem to increase your value. Real self-esteem is…
Somehow we can't live outside the politics of race. There's something very deep in all of us, that is taught…

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More Artist Quotes

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Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor… — Chinua Achebe
Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is the easiest for a journalist. — Wystan Hugh Auden
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden
A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an… — Norman Ralph Augustine
Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did. — Sebastian Bach
I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political… — Kevin Bacon
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. — Francis Bacon
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. — Lord Acton
I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I… — Erykah Badu
Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint… — Erykah Badu

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