Artist Quotes
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When I'm working, on stage, entertaining people, or watching someone do something amazing, it inspires me to be the best artist that I can be. I enjoy being around art - whether it be a museum, a Broadway show - or even writing a poem. Those are things that make me feel alive and inspire me.
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everything happens to an artist; time is always redeemed, nothing is lost and wonders never cease.
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There's definitely some sort of dissent brewing between record labels, publishing companies and artists about the compensation they get from streaming services Spotify is returning a HUGE amount of money to the record labels. If we continue growing at our current rate in terms of subscriptions and downloads, we'll overtake iTunes in terms of contributions to the recorded music business in under two years.
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I feel pretty good about the balance of being an artist and songwriter, now that I have my album in the works.
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I am a commercial artist because I paint to earn a living. We who earn money from what we produce are all commercial artists.
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To express himself well, the artist should be hidden. The trouble is that if an artist knows he has genius, he's done for. The only salvation is to work like a labourer, and not have delusions of grandeur.
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As the artist, you have to live in order to experience life to put that out there, and when you are successful in America and in the world, your point of view is the 5% and not the 95%, but you have to represent the 95% so you have to find a way to experience life the way they do.
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The artist who is not also a craftsman is no good; but, alas, most of our artists are nothing else.
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History has proven that it's impossible to crush the artist. There's always gonna be a need for somebody to write a poem or sing a song about something, about life - that makes it real. There's the word that goes beyond the word.
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As an artist, where do you conjure these concepts? They come through you instead of through cognitive thought.
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What I consider to be the barometer for what is a rock artist and what is not, is somebody who has a certain element of blues, even a hint of soul or blues music, derivative of African-American blues, folk, spiritual, or gospel.
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Don't listen to what anyone tells you about the kind of music you make. Just make it! Be yourself, make your own music, and be totally true to your art. Because it's kind of a selfish thing to be an artist.
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An artist, to achieve anything in art, has to finally do the thing that nobody else wants to do and nobody else has thought to do.
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A true artist does not depend on radio for success. A true fan does not let radio determine what they support
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When I have young artists who come up and talk about my records and tell me they remember certain songs or that they used to play my records or play my songs, and when they know the music, it just boggles my mind. I love that. It's very rewarding.
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The hallmark of an artist is generosity.
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Technical Expertise is composed of all the little and large bits of technique known to the skilled painter, musician, actor, any artist. He adds these things together in his basic presentation. He knows what he is doing. And how to do it. And then to his he adds his message.
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I don't think an artist should keep themselves categorized in a specific box.
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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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Only the artist who has a love and an aptitude for craftsmanship should make prints; only when the artist truly prints himself does the work earn the name original print.
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It doesn't take much to be a successful artist-all you need to do is dedicate your entire life to it.
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I think these days, as an artist, you have to be slightly entrepreneurial. ...Nobody really sells records anymore.
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As an actor, you hope to find roles that are challenging to you as an artist. Then if you are truly blessed, you will find that it also carries a message that you can impart to your audience.
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The thing about conceptual art is that it has no solid or finite meaning. So the work can exist simultaneously in many minds at once, and all those minds can see it differently. The artist offers the clues. The spectator offers the reading. You see what you want to see.
