Enormous Quote by La Monte Young

Generally, I think my work has so much influence because of its reasonableness.

— Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

When I have something to work against, it liberates my imagination. I believe very much in authentic inspiration. I'm not about calculation.

— Jørgen Leth

I've been asked a great deal about the influence I've had with my work and it's impossible to say, you know.

— Ben Shahn

I realized that influence was inextricably linked to impact—the more influence you had, the more impact you could create. . . . The ability…

— Emerson Spartz

The extraordinary fact is that the first idea I had which motivated me, that worked, is conjecture, a mathematical idea which may or may…

— Benoit Mandelbrot

It was very tough to get people to believe in my project. Everyone had their own ideas, and they wanted to mold me into…

— Ava Max

I'm very influenced by a lot of things, but my chief influence is my friends and what I see and what I feel and…

— Nan Goldin

I'm not entangled in shaping my work according to other people's views of how I should have done it.

— Toni Morrison

I've always said my biggest influence is my, just, the last work I did, the last piece I made.

— Robert Barry

Inspiration is indispensable to my work, but it is hard to come by. It is there or it is not; it is a gift…

— Elaine de Kooning

I've always recognised that I have influence, whether I like it or not, and that I can use it to do something good.

— Brooke Fraser

Never allow yourself to be INFLUENCED. Rather be the INFLUENCE.

— Collins Hasty