Art Quote by Frank Ocean

At first you're doing it for yourself, it's about what sounds good to you. It's about expressing yourself. Then you get comfortable as an…

— Mac Miller

It's give-and-take and back-and-forth, that constantly allows you to grow as an artist and as a human being.

— Hilary Swank

The act of saying what you do helps shape you as an artist.

— Lynn Nottage

My whole premise has been, right from the beginning, that it would take me a lifetime to learn to explain myself as an artist.…

— Tony Bennett

The artist's role is to raise the consciousness of the people. To make them understand life, the world and themselves more completely. That's how…

— Amiri Baraka

I look at music like an art form, so it's almost like painting for me, you know?

— Melanie Martinez

I think it's artist's role to give and to receive and the people to give it, hear it, vibe on it, and give it…

— Narada Michael Walden

The function of the artist is to make people like life better than they have before.

— Kurt Vonnegut

It just happens in life, where you resonate with a particular artist. Or it can be a kind of food or a fashion -…

— Steve Vai

To me, it's like the difference between a pen and a paintbrush. Music draws from almost the identical place as art does, which really…

— Brandon Boyd

It's fun having songs about parties and gigolos, but I really wanted to use my music as a form of art. Art is supposed…

— Nick Cannon

What is it that turns people into artists? It often comes from some kind of pain or angst, a need to understand or express…

— Angelina Jolie