Always Quote by Devendra Banhart

My all-time hero is Tina Turner. Her energy, her attitude, her shows. She's just a great performer.

— Princess Stephanie of Monaco

Sarah Vaughan is one of my greatest heroes. She personifies what an artist is all about, taking risks, daring to go beyond the boundaries…

— Claron McFadden

I like Beryl Bainbridge a great deal, and she is a writer who absolutely demands to be read a second, third, and fourth time.…

— Monica Ali

A lot of people inspire me. I'm a huge movie buff. From studying and watching movies, over and over again, directly influential are Terrence…

— David Gordon Green

I can obviously relate to a character who is an artist, because the creative process is a big part of my life.

— Paul Dano

Alanis Morissette - I think she's one of my biggest inspirations.

— Anne-Marie

I grew up in adoration of writers like Hemingway, George Orwell, Anna Akhmatova, and that has always been my idea about the artist -…

— Haris Pasovic

I think my most favorite subject was Lena Horne, because she embodies soul and grace and elegance and 'street'. She embodies everything. And beauty…

— Carol Friedman

Kerry James Marshall especially was a huge influence on me in graduate school, as were Wangechi Mutu and Julie Mehretu. These artists are titans.…

— Toyin Odutola

Cornelia Parker has inspired a lot of my theatre work. Her art is about points of impact: it's poetic but with a strong literal…

— Abi Morgan

The most influential thinker, in my life, has been the psychologist Richard Nisbett. He basically gave me my view of the world.

— Malcolm Gladwell

Outside the world of politics, one person in the world of the arts I would mention as an influence is Nick Cave, another person…

— Nick Cave