Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.
People keep trying to say I’m one type of artist and I’m just not.
Every other artist begins with a blank canvas, a piece of paper the photographer begins with the finished product.
I always say I write because I have questions, not because I have answers. It’s true that you begin the conversation – that’s the role of the artist. But it’s not my job to tell us what to do next. I wish I had those tools.
If the paying public demands naturalistic art, then an artist can use his skills to produce such pictures – but these are to be clearly distinguished from the artist’s own art.
Since the tubes of paint used by the artist are manufactured and ready-made products, we must conclude that all the paintings in the world are ‘ready-mades aided’ and also works of assemblage.
I decided on the spot that I would be an artist, and I assure you, it was no ordinary artist I had in mind.
There is a difference between a fighter and a martial artist. A fighter is training for a purpose: He has a fight. I’m a martial artist. I don’t train for a fight. I train for myself. I’m training all the time. My goal is perfection. But I will never reach perfection.
The Architect is just one of a series of works which examine the confrontation of innocence and experience, illustrating the complex ethics of power that exist between reader and writer, critic and artist, the human and the divine.
A work of art is one through which the consciousness of the artist is able to give its emotions to anyone who is prepared to receive them. There is no such thing as bad art.
I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him.
I became aesthetically obsessed with language. And ‘literary artist’ – poet and novelist – is a calling. You are called to it the way preachers are called to preaching the gospel.
Perhaps it’s good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he’s happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?
What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
I want to go and see things as a fan again. I am a fan, but I can’t remember what it feels like to be a fan anymore. Because I’ve become an artist. I’ve become the artist.
I have no regrets, though I was the first artist to stylize the national anthem, and I got a lot of protests for it. I have no regrets. America has been good to me. I’m glad that I’m here.
As no man is born an artist, so no man is born an angler.
The lifestyle that an artist can have, the freedom to wander in the landscape with no real pressure or deadlines, was a very attractive one.
A great chef is an artist that I truly respect.
The defining function of the artist is to cherish consciousness.
In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure of the artist’s obsession with his subject; the form is always in proportion to the obsession.
The whole ‘enigmatic artist’ thing, I just ran with it.
I don’t think any artist really knows why a song gets popular.
If I was just a fan of music, I would think that I was the number one artist in the world.
Anytime an artist puts your name in a song, it’s unbelievable. It never gets old.
The majority of people, especially young people, know Dr. Dre because of Beats by Dre, not necessarily from him being a rap artist.
The artist vocation is to send light into the human heart.
I was a scam artist in high school for a while.
Create something for yourself that you feel proud of, that you are in control of, that gives you a better understanding of the type of artist you want to be.
Writing changed my life. It has an existential dimension, and that’s the same for every writer. Every artist has a moment of awakening, of happening upon an idea that grabs hold of you, regardless of whether you are a painter or a writer.
Record contracts are just like – I’m gonna say the word – slavery. I would tell any young artist… don’t sign.
2015 has been a crazy year for me, and Spotify have supported me right from the start. It’s an honour to be their Breakout Artist of the year, and I’m super excited to see what we can do together in 2016!
If the newspapers cut me up so much that I shall not venture before the world again, I have resolved to become a house painter; that would be as easy as anything else, and I should, at any rate, still be an artist!
A lot of my building blocks – who I am kind of as an artist – all came from being in L.A.
There might be the odd person in my family who was an artist down the line, but no one in my immediate family is an actor of any kind.
I’m an artist. Artists don’t need permission to work. Regardless of whether I’m acting or not, I write. I write when I’m tired in fact, because I believe your most pure thoughts surface.
An artist must create. If she doesn’t, she will become a menace to society.
The artist’s world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.
So it’s hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially.
When I was a little kid I wanted to be an artist or a painter. But once I got into boxing, all I wanted was to box.
A half dozen pictures would just about be enough for the life of an artist, for my life.
I was forced to be an artist and a CEO from the beginning, so I was forced to be like a businessman because when I was trying to get a record deal, it was so hard to get a record deal on my own that it was either give up or create my own company.
I want to be an artist that everyone can relate to, that’s young, happy and fun.
Whether you are sixteen or over sixty, remember, understatement is the rule of a fine makeup artist.
I think every artist should follow their vision; their hearts is what they need to reveal, not something that society is looking out for. That said though, I think also artists have, continuously good artists, have been good for their times.
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
I have been a politically conscious citizen. I’ve been an artist, a reader, and have been chiselled by that.
Just doing a project because it’s an opportunity won’t create meaning. As an artist, I need something to communicate.
To find a form that accommodates the mess, that is the task of the artist now.
Any tool can be used for good or bad. It’s really the ethics of the artist using it.
To be a good artist, you have to serve the work of art and allow it to be what it is supposed to be.
I mean, I don’t think I would call Claus to do an album of big band tunes. You know, just like arrangers write for the artist they have in mind; you have to keep in mind if you’re going to work with Claus Ogerman. You invite him to do what he does.
Every artist that I got with me is really from the hood and really from Atlanta and really in the streets of Atlanta. Lotto Savage, Mookie Madri Gra, Freaky D$MG, that who I bring with me; that’s all sides of Atlanta.
I will say that a lot of art, some of the best art, has very powerful and meaningful messages behind it, and the more you read the stuff on the walls, the more you learn the artist’s intention, and you have a totally new point of view of what it’s about.
What is it they want from the man that they didn’t get from the work? What do they expect? What is there left when he’s done with his work, what’s any artist but the dregs of his work, the human shambles that follows it around?
I think it is perfectly natural for any artist to admire intensely and love a young man. It is an incident in the life of almost every artist.
Imagine being 30 years old, thinking you were a media titan, and now you are labeled a ‘scam artist.’
An artist never really finishes his work, he merely abandons it.
When something happens in Africa, an artist will sing about it and stuff. We have all the records; we have everything. Free Mandela records and all that.
Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better.
As an independent artist, you control the means of production, which is the ultimate form of empowerment.
Good taste is the first refuge of the non-creative. It is the last-ditch stand of the artist.
It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God’s heaven.
Being a songwriter is really the base of being an artist, for me.
A good artist should be isolated. If he isn’t isolated, something is wrong.
I always wanted to be a makeup artist. When I don’t get to have my stylist, I do my own makeup!
This is a way for artists to communicate directly to their fans. If you think of an artist like Bruno Mars, he’s using Spotify, creating playlists and listening to music through it.
