Artists Quotes

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Artists need some kind of stimulating experience a lot of times, which crystallizes when you sing about it or paint it or sculpt it. You… — Erykah Badu
A grocer is attracted to his business by a magnetic force as great as the repulsion which renders it odious to artists. — Honore de Balzac
We artists love to talk tough, but we're just as sentimental as everyone else when it comes down to it. — John Banville
The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of that highest art in music… — P T Barnum
Competitions are for horses, not artists. — Bela Bartok
Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great. — Mikhail Baryshnikov
Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events. — John Berger
The way I write my songs is that I have to believe what I'm writing about, and that's why they always end up being so… — Adele
To the artist is sometimes granted a sudden, transient insight which serves in this matter for experience. A flash, and where previously the brain held… — Arnold Bennett
I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book of Mormon. — Ezra Taft Benson
Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that's odd, but I think it's odd if artists aren't interested in the… — Bono
The great music for so many artists - the Beatles, the Rolling Stones - was always at the moment when they were closest to pop.… — Bono
I am thankful that geniuses and artists and good people, no matter how hard it is, will eventually be recognized. I am doubly thankful that… — Elayne Boosler
To be given the opportunity to help shape new artists' careers and mentor them to see their dreams come to fruition is a task I… — Christina Aguilera
I think that what most artists are trying to do is trying to understand. I think what distinguishes creative people and/or artists from another type… — Brandon Boyd
Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies. Life comes from their bodies,… — Brandon Boyd
I'm very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it's one of the great things about making movies is it's a… — Jeff Bridges
Artists rarely do the same thing over and over again. Art is about the new, doing things in a new way. — Eli Broad
I don't see myself as a great discoverer of artists, like Charles Saatchi. — Eli Broad
Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is… — James Broughton

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