Artist Quotes
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So rather than really have, like a close relationship to anything that's coming out today, people are just, they've got it on as background music. It's kind of the same way the cabdrivers use music; it's very disposable. But, that doesn't mean there aren't a great number of artists who are doing things to change that.
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
I don't worry about alienating fans. I don't think most people these days think of artists as sellouts if they license their music for a commercial or a movie trailer. If anything, fans get psyched when they hear Sleigh Bells on TV or at the movies. As a band who doesn't make money off of record sales it's a great way for us to pay the bills!
Alexis Krauss
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Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.
Pablo Picasso -
The good thing about being an artist, is it's a legitimate way of looking at things cross-eyed.
John Chamberlain -
Our old experiences, memories and fears guide us down the present path. It's not so much that you are the artist; you are the conduit.
Nick Bantock -
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.
Yasiin Bey Black Star -
I was listening to Jimi Hendrix; I just admire his artistry and creativity as an artist.
LL Cool J -
That's the thing about great artists: They find the thing that's most obvious to themselves, what's most conscious and natural, and they put it out there and the audience comes.
Steven Siro Vai Alcatrazz
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The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.
Pablo Picasso -
The real artist is striving to depict his subject's character and to stress the caricature, but at least it is art which is alive.
William Dobell -
I think the legacy I'll leave on music is just an artist that went out here and gave 100%.
Elgin Baylor Lumpkin -
The artist who aims at perfection in everything achieves it in nothing.
Eugene Delacroix -
Most of the photographs I make are personal pictures and never end up in print. Even the magazines I shoot for on assignment publish very few of the actual selects. Sometimes these personal pictures will end up in a book of my work. Oftentimes, however, they are simply photographs which I hope resonate, yet rarely find a publication home. I do a lot of personal work in Rio de Janeiro, and this of a parkour artist making a jump on Ipanema Beach is such a moment.
David Alan Harvey -
In order to work and to become an artist one needs love. At least, one who wants sentiment in his work must in the first place feel it himself, and live with his heart
Vincent Van Gogh
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Every great artist has the sense of provocation.
Arthur Cravan -
I mean, Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, I think the young kids sell lot of records. But for an older kind of artist, more of a sort of heritage, vintage type of artist, you have to think outside the box.
Boy George Culture Club -
I knew I wanted to be an artist at age 5 or 6. I always drew. At 8, I was permitted to study.
Hedda Sterne -
I as an artist, as an individual, I have a certain affect on people.
Ahmad Balshe -
It's like if every single male artist dressed up as farmers. In every video they were on a farm. Whether it was Jason Derulo or Oasis, they're always on a tractor, they're always surrounded by sheep and always in boots. And all the songs are about enjoying farming, and this is all you've had for 10 years - you'd think you were going mad.
Caitlin Moran -
One of the makeup artists once dyed my dog blue with vegetable blue.
Mia Kirshner
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Artists should never look at pictures, but should stutter in a language of their own.
Winslow Homer -
When I got into art school, I thought it was paradise. I wanted to be an artist so much that I was really driven and nothing could stop me.
Sean Scully -
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.
Steven Siro Vai Alcatrazz -
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.
Greg Ginn Black Flag