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I needed to be pushed as an artist and as a person. — Kenny Chesney
The man who throws a bomb is an artist, because he prefers a great moment to everything. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I get up around 7 a.m. That's very early for a stand-up comic. Then I'll have breakfast with my husband, the artist Al Ridenour, take… — Margaret Cho
I'm taking a lot of my favorite artists, different people, my favorite music and marrying that with what I do as a comic. It's very… — Margaret Cho
To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And,… — Kate Chopin
When I was little, my parents really only wanted me to be a scientist or a doctor; they had never even heard of law school.… — Amy Chua
Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse. — Winston Churchill
As an artist myself, I know what it's like to put your heart and soul into something. You can feel the presence of another person. — Madonna Ciccone
I love doing logos. I've been a graphic artist all my life. — Tim Allen
I love my body. I'm very much OK with it. I don't think artists are ever the ones who have the problem with their weight,… — Kelly Clarkson
When I'm picking songs for an album I always want a song that I can relate to and that I have experienced. There's nothing worse… — Kelly Clarkson
It doesn't upset artists to find out that artists used lenses or mirrors or other aids, but it certainly does upset the art historians. — Chuck Close
There are so many artists that are dyslexic or learning disabled, it's just phenomenal. There's also an unbelievably high proportion of artists who are left-handed,… — Chuck Close
Any artist who goes to Las Vegas is an idiot as far as I am concerned. Whoever goes to Las Vegas can stay in Las… — Chuck Close
Ease is the enemy of the artist. When things get too easy, you're in trouble. — Chuck Close
I think most paintings are a record of the decisions that the artist made. I just perhaps make them a little clearer than some people… — Chuck Close
Of all the artists who emerged in the '80s, I think perhaps Cindy Sherman is the most important. — Chuck Close
Part of the joy of looking at art is getting in sync in some ways with the decision-making process that the artist used and the… — Chuck Close
When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of… — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
My mother encouraged me to be artistic. It was written in a contract at an early age that I would be an artist. — Kurt Cobain
An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture. — Jean Cocteau
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. — Jean Cocteau
The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up. — Jean Cocteau
Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture. — Jean Cocteau
Let it be said that the makeup artist at '90210' made me look better for the fake red carpet than I've ever looked on an… — Diablo Cody

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