"Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good."

Artist, Bargain, Being, First

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"Being an artist doesn't mean that you're a good artist. That was the bargain I first made with myself: I'd say, I'm an artist, but I'm not really very good."

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"The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Artist, Public

"I cannot exist as a solo artist."

Courtney Love, American Musician

Artist,

"The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal."

Nick Lowe, English Musician

Artist, Artists

"I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists in feeling indeed, and serious in their devotion, but that their singing is crude."

Anton Seidl, Hungarian Celebrity

Artist, Artists, Devotion, Fact, Feeling

"Well, I worked with lots of different artists, of course."

Skitch Henderson, American Musician

Artist, Artists

"I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor."

Steven Pinker, Canadian Scientist

Artist, Artists, Confusion, Intellectuals

"Seeing how those companies operate, it didn't amount to a massive vote of confidence in their artists. There was talk of me going to Columbia after that, but nothing happened. I got disillusioned, and I pulled back."

Madeleine Peyroux, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Confidence, Nothing, Talk

"A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist."

Lady Gaga, American Musician

Artist,

"Derek Trucks is a real good new artist. He's a young guy."

Johnny Winter, American Musician

Artist,

"For us chess players the language of artist is something natural."

Vladimir Kramnik, Russian Celebrity

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"We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry."

Dance

"I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion."

Heart

"I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do."

Job

"When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal."

Betrayal

"I don't believe what the papers are saying They're just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that."

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"It's a big error to think that because you like somebody's work, you're going to like him."

Work

"I question what emotion Manilow touches. People are entertained by him. But are they emotionally moved? I don't believe anything that Barry Manilow sings."

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"The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic."

"I cannot exist as a solo artist."

"The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal."

"I have often heard the statement made by foreign singers, as a demonstrated fact, that the German artists are artists in feeling indeed, and serious in their devotion, but that their singing is crude."

"Well, I worked with lots of different artists, of course."

"I think this confusion leads intellectuals and artists themselves to believe that the elite arts and humanities are a kind of higher, exalted form of human endeavor."

"Seeing how those companies operate, it didn't amount to a massive vote of confidence in their artists. There was talk of me going to Columbia after that, but nothing happened. I got disillusioned, and I pulled back."

"A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist."

"Derek Trucks is a real good new artist. He's a young guy."

"For us chess players the language of artist is something natural."

Explore more quotes by Paul Simon

"We got on American Bandstand, where kids would dance to a record and then rate it. We called ourselves Tom and Jerry. I was Jerry."

"I try to open up my heart as much as I can and keep a real keen eye out that I don't get sentimental. I think we're all afraid to reveal our hearts. It's not at all in fashion."

"I don't very often think I've done a good job. I don't like the majority of what I do. I shouldn't say I don't like it, but I'm not satisfied with almost everything that I do."

"Without Arthur's voice, I never would have enjoyed that success."

"We've survived by believing our life is going to get better."

"Who am I to blow against the wind?"

"When I was 15, I made a solo record. It made Artie very unhappy. He looked upon it as something of a betrayal."

"I don't believe what the papers are saying They're just out to capture my dime, Exaggerating this, exaggerating that."

"It's a big error to think that because you like somebody's work, you're going to like him."

"I question what emotion Manilow touches. People are entertained by him. But are they emotionally moved? I don't believe anything that Barry Manilow sings."