Ethel Smyth Quotes
No doubt other writers have often put a thing more brilliantly, more subtly than even a very cunning artist in words can hope to emulate, a supreme phrase being a bit of luck that only happens now and then. And inasmuch as the condiments and secret travail of human nature are always the same, and that certain psychological moments must ever and ever recur, what more tempting than to pin down such a moment with the blow of a borrowed hammer?Ethel Smyth
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I have been known as the minimal and conceptual artist for over five decades. I think I haven't changed much.
Yoko Ono -
I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.
Natalie Cole -
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.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material.
Vince Vaughn -
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.
Gary Hume -
Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.
Ad Reinhardt
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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.
Kara Walker -
I wanted to become an artist because it meant endless possibilities. Art was a way of reinventing myself.
Sam Taylor-Wood -
All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film. I recognize that film is a different medium and the filmmaker must have the right to bring some new elements to the table, provided the soul of the book is preserved.
Vikas Swarup -
I work very hard to line up stereotypes and then smash them with a hammer.
Taylor Sheridan -
Being a musician and artist can feel superficial at times - you talk about yourself every day and pose for photos for the magazines and newspapers, and it can be very tiring for your well-being.
Yuna -
I don't think you should categorize yourself as an artist.
Laura Nyro
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At a certain time, an artist needs a big retrospective. At other times, they need a more focused exhibition. It's a different story each time; it's about establishing a dialogue.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist -
The roots of rap are originally ghetto-ised or extremely working class. So when you're an artist who's making something which isn't how its mainstream appearance should be, there's always these strange questions of authenticity and what you have to do to be 'real' as a rapper.
Zadie Smith -
My mum is an artist. I guess that helps; she's very supportive.
Sam Heughan -
The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one.
D. H. Lawrence -
What people don't understand is that how you are as an artist depends on how you are emotionally.
Ellie Goulding -
The artist yields often to the stimuli of materials that will transmit his spirit.
Odilon Redon
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I think nearly every artist continually wants to reach the edge of nothingness - the point where you can’t go any further.
Harry Callahan -
If today were your final day of this life, would those things causing you stress still do so?
Mark Hart Crowded House -
There is no greater thing you can do with your life and your work than follow your passions – in a way that serves the world and you.
Richard Branson -
I've always had confidence. It came because I have lots of initiative. I wanted to make something of myself.
Eddie Murphy -
I've set the model of showing fighters how they should conduct their business.
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. -
No doubt other writers have often put a thing more brilliantly, more subtly than even a very cunning artist in words can hope to emulate, a supreme phrase being a bit of luck that only happens now and then. And inasmuch as the condiments and secret travail of human nature are always the same, and that certain psychological moments must ever and ever recur, what more tempting than to pin down such a moment with the blow of a borrowed hammer?
Ethel Smyth