Artist Quotes

I suppose I could try to be some avant-garde artist if I wanted to, but that doesn't interest me as much.

Steven Soderbergh
I think whatever an artist does, it just has to be quality and good. I think the way Kanye's doing what he's doing with the Auto-Tune is actually creative because he just writes good melodies. He just writes good songs. He's just gifted.

Will Ferrell
- Thinking
- Writing
- Song

By artist I mean of course everyone who has tried to create something which was not here before him, with no other tools and material than the uncommer-ciable ones of the human spirit.

William Faulkner
I come from a family of lawyers. I was expected to be a professional of some sort, not an artist. I was never uplifted for my art.

Tom Shadyac
- Art
- Lawyer
- Expected
First of all, computer animation is certainly a tremendous and viable medium today. But the warmth and personality derived from 2-D animation, in my opinion, cannot be surpassed. Certain stories lend themselves well to 3-D animation and I won't labor this with naming them, but in my bones, I still respond more emotionally to the artists feel in 2-D. You feel the 'actor' in the animator more personally...it's hard to explain.

Richard Sherman
It's a lot easier to say you're a comic than a performance artist.

Paul Reubens
- Artist
- Easier
- Comic
Just about the worst thing an artist can do is to try and be a nice person.

Amanda Craig
- Nice
- Artist
- Person
An artist must struggle to accept the shape of this universe - and achieve some important successes.

Eric Maisel