Quotes of: Creative-artist Keyword

When I was a little kid I wanted to be an artist or a painter. But once I got into boxing, all I wanted was to box.

Emanuel Steward

I think every artist strives for a record that crosses all energy, lines, boundaries or languages or barriers.

Estelle

I don't wanna be known as just a hip-hop artist. I wanna take it to a whole 'nother level.

Eve

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his [sic!] time but most people are far behind theirs.

Edgard Varese

Can that make any sense - a Belgian artist living in Mexico and working in Afghanistan?

Francis Alys

An artist is someone who can hold two opposing viewpoints and still remain fully functional.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

An artist must be passionately in love with her art. Obsessed or possessed ― go mad for what you believe in.

Charlotte Eriksson

America tends to worship the modest talent because it doesn't put us in an uncomfortable position vis-a-vis the artist.

Carlisle Floyd

If something is successful with the audience, it's automatically suspect; the reverse is to say that not to reach audiences is the greatest compliment an artist can receive!

Carlisle Floyd

Bad as political fiction can be, there is always a politician prepared to make it look artistic by comparison.

Christopher Hitchens

I think sometimes an artist can really lose sight of what made them popular in the first place.

Chris Lowe

The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple — to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it.

Craig Raine

I am, as they say, the classic starving artist.

Cheryl Strayed

I really wish people - maybe it's naive - wish people had priorities and were willing to be artistic patrons.

Harold Prince

Whether you are sixteen or over sixty, remember, understatement is the rule of a fine makeup artist.

Helena Rubinstein

The privilege of struggling artists is ... the life being buried in what we can't really afford of* what a gorgeous life!!

Hiroko Sakai

Everything Ticketmaster stands for is what we're fighting against. They're just a small cog in a machine where the artist is at the bottom.

Jeff Ament

It feels like I'm starting to come into my own in terms of where I want to go artistically, toward more complicated, interesting characters.

Jessica Alba

It's silly to call me the new Ed Sheeran. He can fill stadiums as a solo artist, but I'm not like that.

James Bay

Never read bad stuff if you're an artist; it will impair your own game.

James Lee Burke

A make-up artist I know polished her Oscar and it lost its lustre. But if you don't polish it, it doesn't tarnish.

Jim Broadbent