Artist Quotes

An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions, and I have mine.

I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.

I should have been a much better artist if I could have studied more and amused myself less.

Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits.

It's just that when you heard hip-hop, no matter where you were, it was a culture that kind of made you want to try to be part of it. Whether you thought you were an artist, whether you thought you could be a DJ, whether you thought you could breakdance, or whether you thought you could rap. It was the kind of culture that had a lot of open doors.

I'm always looking for ways to develop as an artist, especially as a jazz artist-to find different ways of testing my voice.

I've realized that I love all forms of music and get excited when any artist goes crazy and creates something that is an experience.

I always saw myself as a multi media artist.

For a young artist to really make it and make money is a lot more difficult these days.

It is helpful for a woman artist not to have a husband.

But if you have a point of view and you're an artist or a writer, it's kind of crazy to not take advantage of that, especially if you can do something that's entertaining as well. I've done a number of things like that over the years.

Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.

How can people think that artists seek a name? There is no such thing as an artist - only the world, lit or unlit, as the world allows.

There was never any effort made out there to improve the artist.

A revised schedule is to business what a new season is to an athlete or a new canvas to an artist.

My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan.

The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces.

I am a poor student sitting at the feet of giants, yearning for their wisdom and begging for lessons that might one day make me a complete artist, so that if all goes well, I may one day sit beside them.

As an artist myself, I know what it's like to put your heart and soul into something. You can feel the presence of another person.

I usually prepare a track and then I work with the artist when it's time to do the vocals.

The artist need not know very much; best of all let him work instinctively and paint as naturally as he breathes or walks.

My intention when I came into this industry was to be a musician, not necessarily a recording artist, just a musician in general. And that's the reason I went to college and got my degree, which has been great for me. It's helped me a lot with my career.

I see myself as an artist who happens to do cartoons.

Pollock was well known, certainly, but for all the wrong reasons. He was known as much for being wild and unconventional in his working methods as for being a great artist.

No one likes to work for free. To copy an artist's work and download it free is stealing. It's hard work writing and recording music, and it's morally wrong to steal it.

As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment.

The freedom of every artist is essential.

The artist belongs to his work, not the work to the artist.

For a long time I wanted to be a comic strip artist but when I started doing them in my teens they were getting really elaborate with tons of poses and a lot of information.

I have a master plan as an artist. I've always said I'm not going to be punching nobody's clock. I will work as an artist to survive in this world.