Art Quote by Joe Budden

“if there is listening through a “listener,” then we are not listening.”

— David Bohm

You gotta make sure the listener is listening to you, so if you put it into a song, often times, if the song is…

— Frank Ocean

To do my job well, I have to be a good listener. The listening is so much more important than the talking.

— Brad Listi

I probably spent more time listening to albums than writing songs. But I think that gave me all the tricks in terms of wordplay,…

— Kendrick Lamar

I love artists whose work feels animated! Matt Cummings, Ian McGinty, Jake Myler, Arielle Jovellanos, Drew Rausch, Zachary Sterling, Troy Little - I feel…

— Kate Leth

When I go to China I see many artists whose work reflects on aspects of contemporary popular culture but obviously the history of Western…

— Michael Craig-Martin

A distinction is made between artists who work directly from nature and those who work purely from imagination. Neither if these methods should be…

— Henri Matisse

You can see how different artists work, from writing to recording, just from being in the studio environment with them.

— Robert Glasper

I'm a producer. I'm a musician. And my job is to come in and, you know, put - you know, I treat all of…

— Pharrell Williams

Artists should work together like the artists of the Middle Ages.

— Hans Arp

I have a feeling a lot of artists' work got lost [because of AIDS]. Howard was fortunate because his family and friends supported him,…

— Aaron Brookner

I've always said I'm more influenced in what I do by artists, and how they work, how they think, and the freedom they're given…

— James Frey