Amy Quote by Nicki Chapman

An artist must create. If she doesn't, she will become a menace to society.

— Maria Semple

So ultimately, it's idealistic to think that artists are able to step away from the power of the media and the way it controls…

— Thom Yorke

All that we make and do is shaped by the communities and traditions that contain us, not to mention by money, power, politics, and…

— Lewis Hyde

Amy Winehouse was not a person I ever met, and I can't say that I am overly conversant in all of her music. I…

— Henry Rollins

Artists have to show us what is not going well within the person and within the society, not try to cover it up.

— Nhat Hanh

“Some artists are normal people who just happen to make things because we can't figure out how in the hell to communicate with people.”

— Scott Nicholson

The problem of making artists talk about their work is that when they're making their work the left-brain is shut off. So if you…

— Peter Schjeldahl

If there's one big thing you can take from Amy Poehler as a performer, it's committing, full on.

— Andy Daly

“Any artist must simultaneously be nigh cripplingly insecure and massively egotistical.”

— Jason Erik Lundberg

There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists.

— Mos Def

Sometimes as an artist you get wrapped up in what you are doing and you can't be objective.

— Joe Nichols

There's just some dysfunctionalism with artists. There are good things and bad things about being an artist, and the good thing is, sometimes you…

— David Bowie