Ahead Quote by Jonas Mekas

Early on, you don't have the luxury of a lot of choices. Sometimes you're forced to do things that will advance your career and…

— Rachel Brosnahan

The reason I make art is because I get to make a choice about who I am, what I do, and what I put…

— Ben Sollee

You know, when I think about what I'm doing, what I'm doing and the way I'm doing it is more important to me than…

— Jimmy Wales

Being an artist is not only what you do, but how you live your life.

— Ben Shahn

Being an artist is a job for life.

— Brian Eno

I'm the kind of person who lives my art. It's not that I want to necessarily do it: it's that I have to. It's…

— Jason Derulo

Well, everything you do in life you have to do if it's an art.

— MC Hammer

I create for artistic intent only and do everything from life.

— Richard MacDonald

If somebody else wants to think it's artistic, well, that's fine. But to me, it's my job. I'm supposed to do it well. If…

— Ken Wahl

The thing is, if you're going to take the artistic path, you sort of have to make peace with the idea or the possibility…

— Lela Loren

I'm making art and making decisions and editing things. I don't live my life to broadcast it into the art world; I don't see…

— Frances Stark

If you can just focus on creating your art whether that's music or writing a book or painting trust me it is really hard…

— Butch Vig