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Artist Quotes

"Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man."

"Unless artists can remember what it was to be a little boy, they are only half complete as artist and as man."

James Thurber, American Comedian

Artist, Artists, Man

3

"To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are variations on a theme."

"To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are variations on a theme."

Mark Mothersbaugh, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Rest

3

"I just want to make one really good movie a year. And when I die, to know I was honest as an artist."

"I just want to make one really good movie a year. And when I die, to know I was honest as an artist."

Milla Jovovich, American Model

3

"Style is the most valuable asset of the modern artist. That's probably why so many styles are reported lost or stolen each year."

"Style is the most valuable asset of the modern artist. That's probably why so many styles are reported lost or stolen each year."

Brad Holland, American Artist

3

"One of the makeup artists once dyed my dog blue with vegetable blue."

"One of the makeup artists once dyed my dog blue with vegetable blue."

Mia Kirshner, Canadian Actress

Artist, Artists, Makeup

3

"The more far-out artists, the better."

"The more far-out artists, the better."

Gary Wright, American Musician

Artist, Artists

3

"I would hardly call myself an artist in that sense; I doodle, I draw, I'm not a trained artist, I couldn't sit down and do an accurate portrait of anyone."

"I would hardly call myself an artist in that sense; I doodle, I draw, I'm not a trained artist, I couldn't sit down and do an accurate portrait of anyone."

Rene Auberjonois, American Actor

3

"Divine fires do not blaze each day, but an artist functions in their afterglow hoping for their recurrence."

"Divine fires do not blaze each day, but an artist functions in their afterglow hoping for their recurrence."

Ned Rorem, American Composer

3

"I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous."

"I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous."

Queen Victoria, British Royalty

Artist, Artists, Intimacy

3

"Within two weeks of working with her, I realized how good she was for the role because she was absolutely with it and she has got terrific instincts, I think, as an artist, too."

"Within two weeks of working with her, I realized how good she was for the role because she was absolutely with it and she has got terrific instincts, I think, as an artist, too."

Albert Finney, British Actor

3

"I cannot exist as a solo artist."

"I cannot exist as a solo artist."

Courtney Love, American Musician

3

"Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great."

"Creative Artists Agency put together a project of extraordinary mediocrity and colossal stupidity. Otherwise, it was great."

Mikhail Baryshnikov, American Dancer

Artist, Artists, Mediocrity, Project, Stupidity

3

"I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages."

"I see myself and many artists like me as the torchbearers through these dark ages."

John Zorn, American Composer

Artist, Artists

3

"Gospel artists are messengers; they are vessels of a message."

"Gospel artists are messengers; they are vessels of a message."

Boris Kodjoe, Austrian Actor

Artist, Artists

3

"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."

"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

3

"I didn't really think about becoming a professional artist until high school, when I realized that everything else required too much math."

"I didn't really think about becoming a professional artist until high school, when I realized that everything else required too much math."

Phil Foglio, American Cartoonist

3

"There are different kinds of artists and very often, I'll be very frank with you, I wish I were a different kind."

"There are different kinds of artists and very often, I'll be very frank with you, I wish I were a different kind."

Wole Soyinka, Nigerian Dramatist

Artist, Artists

3

"The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to. As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail. You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all."

"The most difficult thing in the world is to reveal yourself, to express what you have to. As an artist, I feel that we must try many things - but above all we must dare to fail. You must be willing to risk everything to really express it all."

John Cassavetes, American Actor

Artist, Risk, World

3

"I've always wanted to be a real universal artist, one that every type of audience could relate to."

"I've always wanted to be a real universal artist, one that every type of audience could relate to."

Bryan White, American Musician

3

"Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as an artist."

"Mike Judge, who I've become friends with over the years never took himself seriously as an artist."

Bill Griffith, American Cartoonist

Artist, Friends, Years

3

"I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit."

"I'm the 1st black platinum artist in Detroit, solo artist in Detroit."

Obie Trice, American Musician

3

"Negroes at last were on Broadway, and there to stay. We were artists and we were going a long way."

"Negroes at last were on Broadway, and there to stay. We were artists and we were going a long way."

Will M. Cook, American Composer

Artist, Artists

3

"Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun."

"Zhang Yimou is an artist. Sometimes we did only two or three shots a day because we were waiting for the sun."

Jet Li, Chinese Actor

Artist, Day, Sun, Waiting

3

"Everything we do helps the new artists in the long run."

"Everything we do helps the new artists in the long run."

Ice T, American Musician

Artist, Artists

3

"I discovered that it was a lonely world being a solo artist. Then I started working with another solo artist, Rod Stewart, and he used to tell me how lonely he was!"

"I discovered that it was a lonely world being a solo artist. Then I started working with another solo artist, Rod Stewart, and he used to tell me how lonely he was!"

Andy Taylor, British Musician

Artist, Being, Lonely, World

3

"I made it easier for many artists to play in certain areas."

"I made it easier for many artists to play in certain areas."

Norman Granz, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Play

3

"You have to write badly to write at all. If it's crappy, I will rewrite it later. But it will be mine. You can hear the resonance of an artist who goes into herself."

"You have to write badly to write at all. If it's crappy, I will rewrite it later. But it will be mine. You can hear the resonance of an artist who goes into herself."

Kathy Mattea, American Musician

3

"I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to."

"I wasn't allowed to grow as an artist. My albums were nicer to look at than to listen to."

Nancy Sinatra, American Musician

3

"Coming from Britain, I was terrified of meeting all these other artists, because artists over there tend to fight with each other a lot, the premise being that there's not enough room for everybody."

"Coming from Britain, I was terrified of meeting all these other artists, because artists over there tend to fight with each other a lot, the premise being that there's not enough room for everybody."

Thom Yorke, English Musician

Artist, Artists, Being, Fight, Meeting

3

"I don't mind doing two or three Eagles songs and playing the drums. I'm not one of those artists who's going to sit here and deny the past."

"I don't mind doing two or three Eagles songs and playing the drums. I'm not one of those artists who's going to sit here and deny the past."

Don Henley, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Eagles, Mind, Past

3

"Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling."

"Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling."

Ted Lange, American Actor

Artist, Artists

2

"You know, I feel sorry for the young artists."

"You know, I feel sorry for the young artists."

Waylon Jennings, American Musician

Artist, Artists

2

"I was a scam artist in high school for a while."

"I was a scam artist in high school for a while."

Scott Caan, American Actor

2

"James Brown was one of the first artists who found four bars that he liked and played them the entire way through, and then he just added to it vocally."

"James Brown was one of the first artists who found four bars that he liked and played them the entire way through, and then he just added to it vocally."

Brian Austin Green, American Actor

Artist, Artists, First

2

"When you give an artist a canvas, you shouldn't tell him exactly how much paint to put on it, or exactly how sharp the images should be. You should let the artist get going."

"When you give an artist a canvas, you shouldn't tell him exactly how much paint to put on it, or exactly how sharp the images should be. You should let the artist get going."

Reed Hundt, American Public Servant

2

"For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues."

"For some reason, all artists have self-esteem issues."

Whoopi Goldberg, American Actress

Artist, Artists, Reason, Self

2

"There are many artists that I present that I admit I like less than I do others. But I think that they warrant being presented by my own, personal standards."

"There are many artists that I present that I admit I like less than I do others. But I think that they warrant being presented by my own, personal standards."

Norman Granz, American Musician

Artist, Artists, Being, Present

2

"Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already."

"Since I was the solo artist as well as the writer for the songs, I figured I had enough credits on it already."

Cy Coleman, American Composer

Artist, Songs, Writer

2

"So I guess the complete lack of any new developments is what struck me. That and the fact that much of the good we had done for the artists' side of the industry with G.O.D. had been just as quickly undone by the big boys."

"So I guess the complete lack of any new developments is what struck me. That and the fact that much of the good we had done for the artists' side of the industry with G.O.D. had been just as quickly undone by the big boys."

Mike Wilson, American Journalist

Artist, Artists, Boys, Fact

2

"It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the ordinary man."

"It is frequently the tragedy of the great artist, as it is of the great scientist, that he frightens the ordinary man."

Loren Eiseley, American Scientist

Artist, Man, Tragedy

2

"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."

"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

2

"The most aggressive artists often hide their romantic side."

"The most aggressive artists often hide their romantic side."

Don Johnson, American Actor

Artist, Artists, Romantic

2

"Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists."

"Next to the writer of real estate advertisements, the autobiographer is the most suspect of prose artists."

Donal Henahan, American Critic

Artist, Artists, Prose, Writer

2

"Fans are my favorite thing in the world. I've never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line's always been really blurred for me. I'll hang out with them after the show. I'll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I'll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes."

"Fans are my favorite thing in the world. I've never been the type of artist who has that line drawn between their friends and their fans. The line's always been really blurred for me. I'll hang out with them after the show. I'll hang out with them before the show. If I see them in the mall, I'll stand there and talk to them for 10 minutes."

Taylor Swift, American Musician

Artist, Fans, Favorite, Friends

2

"You're going to be entertained. But when you finish hearing me singing, you're going to want to keep going, and you're going to keep believing and that's the kind of artist I am."

"You're going to be entertained. But when you finish hearing me singing, you're going to want to keep going, and you're going to keep believing and that's the kind of artist I am."

Jacob Lusk, American Musician

Artist, Hearing, Singing, Want

2

"However, the radio and national media depend much more on the hype from a good record label, and from a " buzz " about a band, then from just one or two good shows. There are a lot of artists that have a ton of good press going for them, and still do not make it big in the US."

"However, the radio and national media depend much more on the hype from a good record label, and from a " buzz " about a band, then from just one or two good shows. There are a lot of artists that have a ton of good press going for them, and still do not make it big in the US."

Pat Garrett, American Lawman

Artist, Artists, Media, Press

2

"Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty."

"Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty."

Patti Smith, American Musician

Artist, Duty, Sense

2

"To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now."

"To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now."

Samuel Beckett, Irish Playwright

2

"I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views."

"I do struggle with how much and in which way, as an artist or celebrity, that you voice your political views."

Kevin Bacon, American Actor

Artist, Celebrity, Struggle, Voice

2

"There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won t."

"There are two kinds of artists left: those who endorse Pepsi and those who simply won t."

Annie Lennox, Scottish Musician

Artist, Artists

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