--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: I as an artist, as an individual, I have…" description: "\"I as an artist, as an individual, I have a certain affect on people.\" — Belly" image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/825/belly-46422_art_i-as-an-artist-as-an-individual-i-have-a_681911.jpg" --- # I as an artist, as an individual, I have a certain affect… ![“I as an artist, as an individual, I have a certain affect on people.” quote by Belly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/825/belly-46422_art_i-as-an-artist-as-an-individual-i-have-a_681911.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/825/belly-46422_art_i-as-an-artist-as-an-individual-i-have-a_681911.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/825/belly-46422_art_i-as-an-artist-as-an-individual-i-have-a_681911.jpg) > “I as an artist, as an individual, I have a certain affect on people.” [Belly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belly/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. The speaker acknowledges that their personal artistic expression influences others' emotions and thoughts. **In simple terms:** An artist’s work can affect people. Key Takeaway Recognize and use your influence responsibly. Themes art influence responsibility emotion identity Mood reflective thoughtful Type statement personal insight When to use this quote - performances - public speaking - social media - collaborations - teaching Key Concepts creative impact audience perception personal expression Questions to Reflect On - How do you gauge the effect of your art? - What responsibility comes with influencing others? A Different Perspective Impact may be unintended or misinterpreted; audience may resist change. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/) [Identity](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/identity/) [Individual](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/individual/) [People](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/people/) ## Related quotes > [“A man never begins by presenting himself as an individual of a certain sex; it goes without saying that he is a man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simone-de-beauvoir/a-man-never-begins-by-presenting-himself-as-an-individual-of-a/) [Simone de Beauvoir](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simone-de-beauvoir/) > [what was the right level of prosperity, the level that banished dire need but did not satiate, the level that did not threaten the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nayantara-sahgal/what-was-the-right-level-of-prosperity-the-level-that-banished-dire/) [Nayantara Sahgal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nayantara-sahgal/) > [Nuclear accidents anywhere can affect people everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ban-ki-moon/nuclear-accidents-anywhere-can-affect-people-everywhere/) [Ban Ki-moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ban-ki-moon/) > [I'm going to do whatever it takes to be able to affect people the same way I've been affected by the music I love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ryan-cabrera/i-m-going-to-do-whatever-it-takes-to-be-able-to-affect-people-the/) [Ryan Cabrera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ryan-cabrera/) > [All your acts affect all the people, people that you don't even know. So we have to live with responsibility. We have to live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diego-luna/all-your-acts-affect-all-the-people-people-that-you-don-t-even-know/) [Diego Luna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diego-luna/) > [The ones that actually affect people who don't have enough money to change them - which is almost everybody. But that has nothing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vince-staples/the-ones-that-actually-affect-people-who-don-t-have-enough-money-to/) [Vince Staples](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vince-staples/) > [Does the full moon affect people's behavior, you ask? Yup. It makes people think the full moon affects people's behavior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-degrasse-tyson/does-the-full-moon-affect-people-s-behavior-you-ask-yup-it-makes/) [Neil deGrasse Tyson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-degrasse-tyson/) > [I made a conscious effort to make a record that would affect people in a good way rather than the last one, which affected…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/daniel-johns/i-made-a-conscious-effort-to-make-a-record-that-would-affect-people/) [Daniel Johns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/daniel-johns/) > [Everybody has different issues, good or bad, that they carry with them on the court. It affects you. And for me, it affected me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/metta-world-peace/everybody-has-different-issues-good-or-bad-that-they-carry-with-them/) [Metta World Peace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/metta-world-peace/) > [The best part of being on the platform that we are is being able to influence and affect so many people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jake-ellenberger/the-best-part-of-being-on-the-platform-that-we-are-is-being-able-to/) [Jake Ellenberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jake-ellenberger/) > [In middle school, you're figuring out how you're affecting people, and sometimes you're affecting people negatively. And what sucks is that it can affect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-dacus/in-middle-school-you-re-figuring-out-how-you-re-affecting-people-and/) [Lucy Dacus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-dacus/) > [“The more you use your mind and resources to positively affect other people’s lives, the more you will be able to build goodwill and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-bank/the-more-you-use-your-mind-and-resources-to-positively-affect-other/) [George Bank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-bank/) > [What do we expect the climate to do? How will it affect people? And how can we protect people from hardship? We should be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-munk/what-do-we-expect-the-climate-to-do-how-will-it-affect-people-and-how/) [Walter Munk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-munk/) > [The only things that move their hearts are tragedies that affect them personally or affect people close to them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hiroshi-yamamoto/the-only-things-that-move-their-hearts-are-tragedies-that-affect-them/) [Hiroshi Yamamoto](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hiroshi-yamamoto/) > [People need to learn that their actions do affect other people. So be careful what you say and do, its not always just about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/people-need-to-learn-that-their-actions-do-affect-other-people-so-be/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More by Belly > [I'm not trying to say I accomplished nothing, I'm just trying to say that at this point in my life, I don't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belly/i-m-not-trying-to-say-i-accomplished-nothing-i-m-just-trying-to-say/) [Belly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belly/) > [It's not like I feel like I've accomplished nothing, I just have to forget about what I've accomplished and just accomplish more.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belly/it-s-not-like-i-feel-like-i-ve-accomplished-nothing-i-just-have-to/) [Belly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belly/) > [I spent so much time focusing on haters that I forgot about the people that actually love me. And that's who I'm focused on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belly/i-spent-so-much-time-focusing-on-haters-that-i-forgot-about-the/) [Belly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belly/) > [There were a lot of days when I thought maybe this isn't what I should be doing. There've been a lot of days where…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belly/there-were-a-lot-of-days-when-i-thought-maybe-this-isn-t-what-i/) [Belly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belly/) > [What you see and what you hear on YouTube and the News and all that, it's not what it looks like, it's not what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belly/what-you-see-and-what-you-hear-on-youtube-and-the-news-and-all-that/) [Belly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belly/) > [I'm just going to do music and when I feel like I've gotten enough music to put an album together then that's when I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belly/i-m-just-going-to-do-music-and-when-i-feel-like-i-ve-gotten-enough/) [Belly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belly/) > [God built the Earth in seven days and seven nights, that's how I'm going to approach doing the album. So when it's time for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belly/god-built-the-earth-in-seven-days-and-seven-nights-that-s-how-i-m/) [Belly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belly/) [Explore all 8 Belly quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belly/) ## More Art quotes > [True works of art contain their own theory and give us the measurement according to which we should judge them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/true-works-of-art-contain-their-own-theory-and-give-us-the/) [Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/) > [Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-franklin/before-noah-men-having-only-water-to-drink-could-not-find-the-truth/) [Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-franklin/) > [“Hear the sum of the whole matter in the compass of one brief word — every art possessed by man comes from Prometheus.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aeschylus/hear-the-sum-of-the-whole-matter-in-the-compass-of-one-brief-word/) [Aeschylus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aeschylus/) > [I think most artists feel like they're outside society - no matter how many accolades they receive, or how much money is in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aaron-rose/i-think-most-artists-feel-like-they-re-outside-society-no-matter-how/) [Aaron Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aaron-rose/) > [The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erich-fromm/the-capacity-to-be-puzzled-is-the-premise-of-all-creation-be-it-in/) [Erich Fromm](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erich-fromm/) > [That's the great secret of creativity. You treat ideas like cats: you make them follow you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/that-s-the-great-secret-of-creativity-you-treat-ideas-like-cats-you/) [Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/) > [“So, really," continued Jacob as if this were perfectly normal to expound on art in these circumstances, "when you think about it, the artists…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/justina-chen-headley/so-really-continued-jacob-as-if-this-were-perfectly-normal-to-expound/) [Justina Chen Headley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/justina-chen-headley/) > [“There are two options in art; either to adopt philosophical life by dissecting art, or to write your own philosophical life and claim it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taf-teh/there-are-two-options-in-art-either-to-adopt-philosophical-life-by/) Taf Teh > [The house has to serve comfort. The work of art is revolutionary; the house is conservative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adolf-loos/the-house-has-to-serve-comfort-the-work-of-art-is-revolutionary-the/) [Adolf Loos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adolf-loos/) > [During human progress, every science is evolved out of its corresponding art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herbert-spencer/during-human-progress-every-science-is-evolved-out-of-its/) [Herbert Spencer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herbert-spencer/) > [In literature and art memory is a synonym for invention. It is the life-blood of imagination, which faints and dies when the veins are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-aris-willmott/in-literature-and-art-memory-is-a-synonym-for-invention-it-is-the/) [Robert Aris Willmott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-aris-willmott/) > [I think a business guy is different from an artist. They walk different paths. Artists create the best outputs when they're having fun. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-dragon/i-think-a-business-guy-is-different-from-an-artist-they-walk/) [G-Dragon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-dragon/) > [“The only thing--I tell you this straight from the heart--that disgusts me in Salzburg is that one can't have any proper social intercourse with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/the-only-thing-i-tell-you-this-straight-from-the-heart-that-disgusts/) [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wolfgang-amadeus-mozart/) > [The sublime in art is the attempt to express the infinite without finding in the realm of phenomena any object which proves itself fitting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/the-sublime-in-art-is-the-attempt-to-express-the-infinite-without/) [Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georg-wilhelm-friedrich-hegel/) > [Art isn't done to decorate apartments, but to wage war against the enemy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pablo-picasso/art-isn-t-done-to-decorate-apartments-but-to-wage-war-against-the/) [Pablo Picasso](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pablo-picasso/) [Browse all 48,643 Art quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I as an artist, as an individual, I have a certain affect on people.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Belly" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belly/i-as-an-artist-as-an-individual-i-have-a-certain-affect-on-people/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Art" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belly/i-as-an-artist-as-an-individual-i-have-a-certain-affect-on-people/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/825/belly-46422_art_i-as-an-artist-as-an-individual-i-have-a_681911.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/825/belly-46422_art_i-as-an-artist-as-an-individual-i-have-a_681911.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/825/belly-46422_art_i-as-an-artist-as-an-individual-i-have-a_681911.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I as an artist, as an individual, I have a certain affect on people.” — Belly", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Belly", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/belly/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "I as an artist, as an...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belly/i-as-an-artist-as-an-individual-i-have-a-certain-affect-on-people/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/belly/i-as-an-artist-as-an-individual-i-have-a-certain-affect-on-people/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```