Artist Quotes
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Every artist is an artist, and every heartbeat is a heartbeat.
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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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What do you say when someone has truly inspired you? How do you express to an artist how deeply their work has affected you?
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A lot of artists are such narcissists.
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I'm an artist by trade and an author by necessity.
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No one can be an artist without a rich inner life.
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If it's something quite low-key then I'll often do my own makeup. But for something like a premiere, it's good to have a makeup artist because they know what they're doing.
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I see myself as an artist who happens to do cartoons.
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I once saw an elaborate landscape in a gallery, drawn in pencil, that took my breath away. Then I realized the artist probably didn't have enough confidence to use a pen.
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A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks imperfection.
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Schinkel's aesthetic was not a crudely materialistic "truth to material" affair... but rather an attempt to inform iron and other industrial materials with an appropriate beauty through the direct collaboration of the artist in the manufacturing process.
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The artist who does not feel completely satisfied by elegant lines, by harmonious colors, and by a beautiful succession of chords does not understand the art of music.
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It is so important for me to keep authentic Cuban sounds alive. All of these great artists have changed the landscape of Latin music and it's an honor to have them on this album ["90 Millas," released in September of 2007]. I believe this album will expose a new generation to the richness of Cuban music.
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When a great artist gets my attention, I pursue it. If I don't, someone else will, you know what I'm saying?
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Doing representations of real people is not my strongpoint as a visual artist, and I know that.
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Target is one of the best at really listening to the artist and understanding what they are about.
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A film has to be for commercial success as well as earn you respect as an artist. You don't want to do only things that are designed to run commercially, and neither do you want to do things that get acclaim but don't run.
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An artist is born like a priest is born. If they are born an artist, I would tell them art is not a game: it is something very serious which completely requires everything you have to give.
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My holy of holies is the human body, health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and the most absolute freedom imaginable, freedom from violence and lies, no matter what form the latter two take. Such is the program I would adhere to if I were a major artist.
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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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The U.K. is so important to me. It's everything - it's my home. I love America, but it's so important for me to be here and be an artist and be well known here.
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The reason why I play around with the word legend is because this is my 7th CD and a lot of artists don't even make it that far. Many artists don't even pass three or four.
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I'm just being the artist that I would have loved if I was a child.
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I view myself as a male artist.
