Artist Quotes
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I am no artist - please come and help me.
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Silence the artist and you have silenced the most articulate voice the people have.
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It’s a liberating experience to think of God as an Artist. The joy He felt in creation. The care that was taken in the formation of the cosmos. The thoughtfulness and energy it would take to sculpt the mountains…
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For the cynic, art is defined through money. That, of course, is a very sad statement. But an artist is someone who does creative things.
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For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.
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I'm not looking to be an artist to make money. I'm looking to be an artist.
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It is a fact that each song an artist creates is unique and although fans tend to be loyal, ultimately the quality of the record will decide how it sells.
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There's a tolerance and this is a really big thing when it comes to really increasing the whole sense of getting something done and boosting the economy. Obviously not everything is going to be a bonanza, some things are going to be awful, but wouldn't it be great if we had a fantastic window dresser to do something with those windows on Fairfield green and those Victoria's Secret windows. I love girls in bras in panties, but these are just mannequins. Wouldn't it be great if some local artists got together and said, "Hey, Victoria's Secret, let's do something!" We need that.
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For many, an album is no longer a considerable feat of an artist but just sounds to be half-listened to while one is halfheartedly engaged in something else.
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I don't think an artist should keep themselves categorized in a specific box.
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I know it is common nowadays for artists to start labels but this is a thoroughly constructed vehicle for inspired talent. This is a market that we've been living, breathing and eating for our entire lives - one where a huge void currently exists. Favored Nations is a long-term commitment.
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I really value the freedom I have as a Christian that's an artist but not necessarily a Christian artist. I think it can be hard to express certain things about faith when there are a pretty specific set of expectations around what you need to talk about and how you're talking about it.
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I can’t worry too much about the everyday things. Otherwise I’d lose touch with my own world, that helps me as an artist, but it’s frustrating for the people around me. I’m vaguely functional, but there’s always something slightly off.
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Artists to my mind are the real architects of change, and not the political legislators who implement change after the fact.
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Every artist is a cannibal/every poet is a thief/all kill for inspiration/and then sing about the grief.
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Piracy doesn't hurt an artist unless the artist puts out a bad album.
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So few hip-hop artists have ever advanced. Their songs on their seventh, eighth albums sound exactly like the songs on their first album. More than an artist, I'm a real person-and real people grow. And I wanna just sing my growth.
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To deceive gracefully is the very essence of social life. One must start by deceiving oneself, and make a lifelong practice of deceiving others; if one does it well enough, in time one might even become an artist, the greatest illusionists of all.
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I as an artist, as an individual, I have a certain affect on people.
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Works of art produced in the contemporary world are a further expression of that. But I don't think there is an active, ongoing nihilist self-consciousness in the artist.
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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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To be artist, and lover, that is the true goal, the only adequate objective, the divinely destined end for man.
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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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Emotion combined with an artist's discipline is the rarest thing in the world.
