Able Quote by William Stafford

Certain artists can get away with certain things. Certain things are acceptable for certain people. It's a difference.

— Nelly

People classify things and that's fair enough. But if somebody wants to make something different, that doesn't make them any less of an artist.

— Dizzee Rascal

People in the industry have their own judgment on artistes.

— Regina Cassandra

The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist.

— Eric Gill

In every society, the artists will be the ones who set themselves up as contrary to whatever the society expects.

— Jane Smiley

You can't brand an artiste and take away the fact that he or she wants to do something genuinely different.

— Sameera Reddy

To me, what makes an artist is a unique personality that they're not afraid to let show.

— Blake Shelton

Being an artist is being an isolated individual.

— Asger Jorn

When one is an artist, what else can he be?

— Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Practically all great artists accept the influence of others. But... the artist with vision sees his material, chooses, changes, and by integrating what he…

— Romare Bearden

An artist is somebody who produces things that people don't need to have.

— Andy Warhol

Everybody is bound by some social rules. But I think that artists need some kind of freedom to explore their minds and that some…

— Anne Roiphe