Quotes of: Good-artists Keyword

I am not a black artist, I am an artist.

Jean-Michel Basquiat

I would rather die than be a serious artist, or a fake artist.

David LaChapelle

True artistic expression lies in conveying emotion.

Angel Haze

As long as artists can make something, artists will continue to survive.

Victoria Legrand

I thought, 'A biennial needs artists. I'm going to do an international biennial; I need artists from all around the world.' So what I did was I invented a hundred artists from around the world. I figured out their bios, their passions in life and the...

Shea Hembrey

The mystery of esthetic like that of material creation is accomplished. The artist, like the god of the creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Kanye didn't sign me to hold my hand and walk me through my career. He signed me because he believed in me as an artist and gave me a co-sign. I didn't see that at first. I saw it as him about to hold my hand, and I'm about to be the biggest artist b...

Big Sean

This image of wanting to be an artist - that I would in some way become an artist -was very strong. I knew for a long, long time that that's what I would be. But nothing I ever did seemed to bring me any nearer to the condition of being an artist. An...

Jasper Johns

No one can say if you are that person who, given good paint, good brushes, and a fine canvas, can produce something better than the factory man. That is, and has always been, beyond the realm of science. You do have the attitude of the dreamer about ...

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle

You have volition. You can make changes to your work. You have a say over your artistic output. You have the ability to exercise your will. Hanging around waiting for someone else's approval takes you out of the driver's seat and causes you to mistru...

Peter Hillerman

The worst feature of the Common Core is its anti-humanistic, utilitarian approach to education. It mistakes what a child is and what a human being is for. That is why it has no use for poetry, and why it boils the study of literature down to the scra...

Anthony Esolen

I believe the way to write a good play is to convince yourself it is easy to do--then go ahead and do it with ease. Don't maul, don't suffer, don't groan till the first draft is finished. A play is a pheonix and it dies a thousand deaths. Usually at ...

Notebooks

As an artist, I've always wanted to participate in the dialogue of art with other artists.

Jeff Koons

There is a treadmill quality to workaholism.

The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity

Every true artist is at war with the world.

Scar Tissue

If you're an artist, you're an artist; that's the only way I can explain it.

Malik Bendjelloul

Many artists stick to making and hire a manager to focus on their business. Artists that build websites and mobile apps can do that, too.

Fred Wilson

History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images.

Anselm Kiefer

In Italy the artist is a god. Now if the artist is a god, the scientist is likewise a god.

Josef Albers

I don't like artists who are actors. I like artists, but I don't believe in that.

Chris Stokes

Actually, I don't think there's anyone that represents the artists, except the artists themselves.

Isaac Hanson