Artist Quotes
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I always try to act like I'm some old school artist from the 1960s.
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When I grow up I would like to be an artist in France.
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I really try towork with an artist who is trying to create a long legacy of quality rather than trying to jump aboard a trend.
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We are part of each other and part of something bigger than our own egos. An artist should... bring into the world some vision. Dancers should ask, "What is their work in the service of?"
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The artist is not a different kind of person, but every person is a different kind of artist.
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I remember the excitement of being a new artist. When up and coming artists ask me like, "Any advice you have for me?" I always say, "Take it all in because you'll never be a new artist again".
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If you can just focus on creating your art whether that's music or writing a book or painting trust me it is really hard to balance that with a personal life. You have to be willing to sacrifice sometimes things in your personal life if your ultimate goal is to pursue things as an artist.
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I wanted to show that 'I'm sexy'. I wanted to do things that other male solo artists hadn't done before, such as choreography that has a tempting allure.
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I'm growing as an artist and expanding my range, and not pigeonholing myself by doing the same thing, over and over.
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Be non-trend-driven, and explore, be creative and take risks as an artist and as a cultural communicator.
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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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I think a great artist should be able to create any style, any form, anything from rock to pop to gospel to spiritual, just wonderful music where everybody can sing it.
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I think part of what makes us unique as artists and as singers is that we can bare our souls in front of millions of people That's the magic and power of being an artist. You can be honest. Always remember that. And do not be afraid.
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Departure from the literal aspect, rather than mechanical exactness, is the code of the true artist. However, departures are the result of studied intent rather than inability.
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Christ is more of an artist than the artists; he works in the living spirit and the living flesh, he makes men instead of statues.
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If you're a conscious rap artist and you're worried about Billboard charts, you're gonna have a problem.
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The internet has really messed everyone up. It has its ups and downs, but for a music artist it's a killer.
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The Artist submits from day to day to the fatal rhythm of the impulses of the universal world which encloses him, continual centre of sensations, always pliant, hypnotized by the marvels of nature which he loves, he scrutinizes. His eyes, like his soul, are in perpetual communion with the most fortuitous of phenomena.
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To get to record and to do things with the legends, and with the people that are your musical heroes, that's the biggest honor as an artist.
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As an artist myself I don't like to be preached. I want to enjoy myself, so I kind of use that perspective to make music.
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I'm a commercial artist, both in music and art.
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It is only too true that a lot of artists are mentally ill - it's a life which, to put it mildly, makes one an outsider. I'm all right when I completely immerse myself in work, but I'll always remain half crazy.
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Artists raise their kids differently. We communicate to the point where we probably annoy our children. We have art around the house, we have books, we go to plays, we talk. Our focus is art and painting and dress-up and singing. It's what we love. So I think you can see how artists in some way raise other artists.
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No fate holds more splendour for an artist, than the one which greets his effort with such enthousiasm!
