Bette Davis Quotes
Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
Quotes to Explore
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I like to grow and experiment, and as an artist, it's about kicking the bar up a little.
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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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Repetition creates pattern. If I have a hundred of these, a hundred of those, it doesn't make any difference what these and those are. If I can repeat anything, I have the possibility of a pattern from hickory nuts and chicken eggs, shards of glass, branches. It doesn't make any difference.
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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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Our first manager really pushed that we not sell our publishing rights, which is one of the earliest things an artist will do: They'll sell in order to get a cash advance.
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We are going to finish this picture just the way I want it... because you cannot compromise an artist's vision.
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I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.
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Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.
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Gucci Mane is my favorite artist.
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The artist is the consciousness of society... but musicians' role is very special.
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Human beings have a need, generally, to destroy things. The Freudian principle of civilisation is correct. There's always, always a difference between the family image and the reality.
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Mix CDs are interesting. I'm known more for my artist albums and less for my mix CDs.
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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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I want to go where I'm the difference. I want to make something out of nothing. I want to be the reason someone is great.
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The cloning procedure is similar to IVF. The only difference is that the DNA of sperm and egg would be replaced by DNA from an adult cell. What law or principle - secular, humanist, or religious - says that one combination of genetic material in a flask is OK, but another is not?
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As an independent artist, you control the means of production, which is the ultimate form of empowerment.
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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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But it becomes disrespectful when the artist's process is not respected.
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My mom once lost track of me at the zoo and when she found me I was lecturing a man about the difference between dromedary and Bactrian camels. I was about 3 1/2.
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As an artist, I'm really inspired by everything around me - from travel and art, to friends and family, social voices in media and politics. I get a lot of inspiration from daily life.
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In fairy tales there's always one person who is made for one other, and they find each other and live happily ever after. Cal was my person. I couldn't imagine anyone more perfect. Yet what kind of sick fairy tale would it be if he was the one made exactly right for me and I wasn't right for him?
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Being a mother, singer and actress is a definite juggling act, but I don't think I would be comfortable any other way.
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And you can look up just about anything, even dirty pictures. Every now and again, the dirtiest pictures you ever saw would pop up on the screen. Imagine!
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Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference.
