Artist Quotes
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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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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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I should have been a much better artist if I could have studied more and amused myself less.
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If I like a make-up artist's look, even if nobody knows about her, I use her. New people give me energy.
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As a hip-hop artist who likes fashion, who can't help but notice people like Kanye West, Tiger, Big Sean and definitely T.I.P. These guys really understand how to be progressive and fashion forward.
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The incomparable Michael Jackson has made a bigger impact on music than any other artist in the history of music. He was magic. He was what we all strive to be. He will always be the King of Pop! Life is not about how many breaths you take, but about how many moments in life that take your breath away. For anyone who has ever seen, felt or heard his art, we are all honored to have been alive in this generation to experience the magic of Michael Jackson. I love you, Michael.
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I'm an artist at heart.
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The only thing that the artist cannot see is the obvious. The only thing that the public can see is the obvious...
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I'm not an artist that makes singles, I'm an artist that makes albums, and it's a totally different thing.
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As an artist, I can't be responsible for how people interpret material.
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I'm a rapper... Gaga's a fantastic artist, you know, she paved her way. She's opened her own lane. But I think that I have my own lane. And we never cross. Ever. So, you know, I really don't get the comparison anymore. Our music doesn't sound the same. Our stage presence is not the same. I just can't see the similarities.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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You put the right artist on the right track in the studio and leave the door open to let God in.
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I've dated the sweet mama's boy, the musician rocker, the struggling artist - basically a lot of people without jobs.
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I take the palette with me, but I have a lot of makeup. I was a makeup artist when I was younger, but I'm not that good compared with my makeup artist, so I keep things pretty simple. I explore a lot with pink and nude lipsticks, but I love red lipsticks. I love a line and a lash and a brow. So I don't need a lot, but I have a lot. It's all there just in case - for Halloween or whatever.
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I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as a solo artist.
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No genuinely avant-garde artist should ever be on the government dole.
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I am an artist, and I have the ability and the free will to choose the way the world will envision me.
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I always thought being an artist was a lazy job. I was wrong.
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Artists everywhere steal mercilessly all the time and I think this is healthy.
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An artist can be truly evaluated only after he is dead. At the very 11th hour, he might do something that will eclipse everything else.
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I'm an entrepreneur, a businessman. I've got a lot of money, and that doesn't go very well with the whole 'starving artist in a garret' routine.
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My process in making a music video is pretty much a formula of talking to the artist. I've never made a video where I didn't talk to the artist before I wrote the treatment. Basically, I enter into it knowing we are collaborators.
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A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write, if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself.
