The world is crawling with authors touring now. They're like performance artists.
We don't know why we should be artists, but we have many reasons why we can't be.
As an artist I'd choose the thing that's beautiful more than the one that's true.
Everyone loathes his own country and countrymen if he is any sort of artist.
I'm not an artist or a collector. I'm a skateboard kid with no one to tell me if I'm not doing things the right way.
I have never been able to understand the artist whose image never changes.
Every artist needs canvass, mine just happens to be Microsoft Word and a Thesaurus.
I don't think I'm in any position to call myself a martial artist. I'm a student of the martial arts.
Artists of today can be inspired by the past, but they have to apply present methods if they want a future in music.
Memory is the greatest of artists, and effaces from your mind what is unnecessary.
The marble not yet carved can hold the form of every thought the greatest artist has.
You know what, if you compromise and do stuff that's not becoming to you as an artist, that's your fault.
The thing to judge in any jazz artist is, does the man project and does he have ideas.
When you actually meet the devil and he offers you a deal most artists eventually negotiate.
Encourage your kids' artistic side. Toughen up everything else.
I like to call myself a 360-degree artist. I'm a musician, but I have other things I do, too.
Mistakes and dead-ends often mean more to these artists than any proven problem.
You continue to evolve with each album that goes by and, as an artist, you continue to expand with every recording project.
A visual image in the hand of an artist is merely a tool to trigger a mental image.
For the theatre one needs long arms... an artiste with short arms can never make a fine gesture.
People in the media, it makes their day when someone they say is a five-star artist goes platinum.
