Ernst Gombrich Quotes
All the old bogeys of 'dignified subject-matter,' of 'balanced compositions,' of 'correct drawing' were laid to rest. The artist was responsible to no one but his own sensibilities for what he painted and how he painted it.
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The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.
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No genuinely avant-garde artist should ever be on the government dole.
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The permissiveness of society must be balanced with authoritativeness.
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No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.
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Gucci Mane is my favorite artist.
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Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.
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I just genuinely feel that that's what you do when you're an artist: You stick up for the people around you.
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R&B is the one thing that has influenced every kind of music. Every artist that there is, from those that are sung the most to Adele - you know, she was so influenced by so many R&B artists and soul music - it's clear in her writing that that's where it comes from.
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I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.
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When it comes to acting, I've always had a passion for entertaining and for making people laugh. On the music side, I really want to come out as an artist because I want people to see who I really am... artistically, I tend to be drawn to the darker things. What the music will be able to do is show people that I am an adult now.
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To be a truly conscientious artist, you have to look at what's not working and challenge it. You riff on things.
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It might crush a lot of people, but I've never been in the room with an artist that I've written a song for.
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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 was making big paintings with mythological themes. When I started painting black figures, the white professors were relieved, and the black students were like, 'She's on our side.' These are the kinds of issues that a white male artist just doesn't have to deal with.
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The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one.
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Every artist is an artist, and every heartbeat is a heartbeat.
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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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Because I find writing painful, I try to get it over with as fast as possible. But I write every day, or I lose the thread.
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Sex is the most beautiful thing that can take place between a happily married man and his secretary.
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Religion is the search for ultimate meaning.
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Half of Syria's refugees are children, and we know what can happen to children who grow to adulthood without hope or opportunity in refugee camps. The camps become fertile recruiting grounds for violent extremists.
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All the old bogeys of 'dignified subject-matter,' of 'balanced compositions,' of 'correct drawing' were laid to rest. The artist was responsible to no one but his own sensibilities for what he painted and how he painted it.
