- Nov 07, 2020
Art Quotes
Why people make it, and who it's for.
This set of "art" quotes leans toward purpose — one artist frames their work as a way to elevate others, while another argues that art shapes who a person becomes. For quotes on standing out through craft, see Great quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020
All of us use art and literature as an escape from time to time, but if it's any good, it has a healing quality - a quality that enlarges our human spirits.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The question is not... if art is enough to fulfill my life, but if I am true to the path I have set for myself, if I am the best I can be in the things I do. Am I living up to the reasons I became a singer in the first place?
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think most of the people involved in any art always secretly wonder whether they are really there because they're good or there because they're lucky.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly sparked my interest was just the fact that I grew up listening to Cheryl King, Joni Mitchell, and James Taylor, and was just always inspired by that sort of organic art, and organic songs and just very natural songwriting that came out of some of those artists.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Unfortunately, the more chaotic the society, the greater is the desire for conservative, nonconfrontational art.
- Effort
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be an artist includes much; one must possess many gifts - absolute gifts - which have not been acquired by one's own effort. And, moreover, to succeed, the artist much possess the courageous soul.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to be a doctor and go to art school, but I thought I'd regret it if I didn't act.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
My work is not my life. I started writing quite late, I didn't have that 'writing is everything, my art is all.' You have to be able to recognise the difference between the two.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Art is subject to arbitrary fashion.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020