Artist Quotes
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Paddy Considine is a great friend of mine, and he is a natural actor because he is an artist, and I'm not an artist. If I ever blow my own trumpet, it's as a craftsman.
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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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Art and works of art do not make an artist; sense and enthusiasm and instinct do.
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I feel ever so strongly that an artist must be nourished by his passions and his despairs. These things alter an artist whether for the good or the better or the worse. It must alter him. The feelings of desperation and unhappiness are more useful to an artist than the feeling of contentment, because desperation and unhappiness stretch your whole sensibility.
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I view myself as a male artist.
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A good producer brings out the best in the artist he's working with. You shouldn't be able to listen to something and say, 'So-and-so produced this album.'
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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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Hubris itself will not let you be an artist.
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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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The artist is the consciousness of society... but musicians' role is very special.
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I see myself as an artist who happens to do cartoons.
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A subject that is beautiful in itself gives no suggestion to the artist. It lacks imperfection.
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I'm not trying to become a pop artist, and I'm not trying to make sure I stay a country artist. I'm just trying to make sure I make the best music I can, according to my way.
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I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.
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I wish I was this dark genius artist - like Richard Pryor or something.
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I cannot sing Vampirella artist Patrick Berkenkotter's praises loudly or often enough.
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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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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 am a brush, the car is my track and the artist my canvas.
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People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - but I think if you like what a particular band or artist does, then you should want to see what they're going to do next.
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There are a lot of artists who haven't lost anything to domesticity. In my case, it probably did happen.
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I'd rather be somewhere building a house, if I knew how. The whole idea of being a professional artist is like a demeaning kind of thing.
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An artist should write for himself & not for an audience. If the audience likes it, great. If not, they can keep away.
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Of course Nebraska is a storehouse of literary material. Everywhere is a storehouse of literary material. If a true artist were born in a pigpen and raised in a sty, he would still find plenty of inspiration for his work. The only need is the eye to see.
