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"Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny."
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"Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists."
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"I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad."
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"The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events."
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"There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible."
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"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter."
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"To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now."
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"The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal."
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"In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition."
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"The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic."
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"A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist."
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"Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny."
Artist
"I foster a sorrowful conception of affection. Make no sacrifices."
Affection
"Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words."
Inspirational
"I did not compose my work as one might put on a church vestment... rather it sprung from the truly fervent faith of my heart, such as I have felt it since my childhood."
Faith
"Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day."
Day
"Truth is a great flirt."
Truth
"Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist."
Artist
"Companions, in misery and worse, that is what we all are, and to try to change this substantially avails us nothing."
Change
"The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without presuming to display them as real or imaginary representations."
Music
"Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's religion illuminates with His divine light."
Life
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