Best Artist Thoughts
5936 Artist quotes by 2987 unique authors
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People assume that all artists make for terrible business people, but I'm in complete charge of my own career.
— Tori Amos
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I think it's really the job of the composer, the artist, the painter, the writer to present people with options. I'm just really reflecting the…
— Ian Anderson
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I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work to the capabilities of a very small screen.
— Laurie Anderson
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I think that the problem is that people fear so many things and they don't live life to its fullest. And for me as an…
— Criss Angel
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The function of the artist in a disturbed society is to give awareness of the universe, to ask the right questions, and to elevate the…
— Marina Abramovic
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Being an artist is not easy - I have always said that to the students I have taught over the years. It's a huge sacrifice.
— Marina Abramovic
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An artist has to look at the future, to see what we can do better.
— Marina Abramovic
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An artist should not fall in love with another artist.
— Marina Abramovic
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All great artists draw from the same resource: the human heart, which tells us that we are all more alike than we are unalike.
— Maya Angelou
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From the moment you are born, you could die. I think as an artist it is important to meditate on that.
— Marina Abramovic
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Artists can do whatever they want!
— Marina Abramovic
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I think people who are artists, actors, singers, great songwriters, they tend to have a hyper state of emotion where they feel things very, very…
— Willie Aames
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Artists should never think of themselves as an idol. Fame is a side effect of one's work.
— Marina Abramovic
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If you're a baker, making bread, you're a baker. If you make the best bread in the world, you're not an artist, but if you…
— Marina Abramovic
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The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he…
— Thomas Aquinas
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I do greatly admire Australian artists.
— Jeffrey Archer
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The decay of society is praised by artists as the decay of a corpse is praised by worms.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Savages and modern artists are alike strangely driven to create something uglier than themselves. but the artists find it harder.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The beautification of the world is not a work of nature, but a work of art, then it involves an artist.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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A child's attitude toward everything is an artist's attitude.
— Willa Cather
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To humiliate and be humiliated, I think, is a crucial element in our whole social structure. It's not only the artist I'm sorry for. It's…
— Ingmar Bergman
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President Obama appears to me to have elevated and implemented the artist-activist concept to the role of empowered servant-leader...
— Aberjhani
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We need artists to help us come together and share our voices and build community around powerful issues concerning our roles in the world and…
— Unknown Author
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The position of the artist is humble. He is essentially a channel.
— Piet Mondrian
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The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his…
— Paul Strand
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