Etgar Keret Quotes
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I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.
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I always knew would be some sort of artist, but didn't know what.
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I think the line is where you're in the studio, you're creating. That belongs to you as an artist. Nothing should taint that. I shouldn't be thinking about what the fans want, I shouldn't be thinking about what the radio wants, what the label wants, what your manager wants, a song for the chicks, a song for the street.
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I see a curator as a catalyst, generator and motivator - a sparring partner, accompanying the artist while they build a show, and a bridge builder, creating a bridge to the public.
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The responsibility of an artist is to be honest with themselves.
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I have to take it as a given that I have got a certain ability to do something. I can be an artist, which is take something and transform it into another thing. I can just see something, and I can see my painting.
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My synesthesia is mostly gone - it was a much bigger factor when I was a kid. But having no depth perception is a bonus when you're trying to lay out flat images and describe them to an artist - flat is all I see.
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I am the type of artist where you can't tell me anything. I have always been that way. I am right. I don't need any input.
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When people tell me I'm an artist, I say, 'What?' It's impossible for me to take the idea seriously.
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I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself.
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What distinguishes a great artist from a weak one is first their sensibility and tenderness; second, their imagination, and third, their industry.
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Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people - the beauty within themselves.
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I am Warhol. I am the No. 1 most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh.
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There isn't a single artist out there, I'm sure, who wouldn't take the most perfect record deal. If the right record deal came along, like, the perfect deal, we'd definitely take it.
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It's like I'm basically an artist. I'm no different from a painter who sits there and loves what he does.
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Every artist is an artist, and every heartbeat is a heartbeat.
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I've always had so much admiration for my mom. She's so inspiring as a woman and as an artist.
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I've dated the sweet mama's boy, the musician rocker, the struggling artist - basically a lot of people without jobs.
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Everything that an artist does is a risk. Some people want you to stay the same. If you want to evolve, they want to keep you in a certain place.
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Regardless of any feedback. I love being a solo artist and having creative control. But it can be very nourishing and informative and flex very different creative muscles to work for someone else. You are essentially employed by the director. I love the challenge of that.
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I pick up my pen. It flows. A building appears. There it is. There is nothing more to say.
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I think there are some artists whose works are misanthropic.
