Absolutely nothing Quote by Junot Diaz

I didn't want to be an artist in the same place I worked. You could always have people that might feel like you would…

— DJ Khaled

The social aspect of being an artist has always made me uncomfortable.

— Charles Ray

I was never shielded from the realities of what it meant to be an artist and that made me afraid to be an artist…

— Zoe Lister-Jones

There's nothing wrong with working with no artist from any type of demographic, but you've still got to maintain what you do on whatever…

— Jadakiss

For me, being an artist was a thing that, like, rich people in New York and L.A. and Paris and Rome did. It wasn't…

— Cord Jefferson

For an artist, a good place to be is you have some kind of influence and power to get things done, but in your…

— Cai Guo-Qiang

I always felt like an outsider of the industry, and now I feel quite comfortable as an independent artist.

— Kate Nash

I think that's an important lesson for young people who want to be artists: You have to find someone who believes in you and…

— Ryan McGinley

I'm kind of floating out there as an artist. I'm in a safe place where I can play a girlfriend or a best friend…

— Nicole Ari Parker

I was exposed to the arts, but there was no one in my family who was an artist.

— Marisa Tomei

Growing up, I was always surrounded by musicians. After I got into that trouble, got locked up and when I got out I couldn't…

— Akon

Back when I was in college, people used to talk about the alienation of the artist, not ever quite fitting in any place.

— Marilyn Nelson