- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
Artist Quotes
The discipline and feeling behind making art.
This group of quotes describes the artist as someone shaped by training as much as instinct, whether that means starting a project from a visual idea or treating color and sound as tools for emotion. It pairs naturally with our broader Art quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am an artist through to my marrow, which might be a curse and not necessarily a good thing.
- Protection
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- Nov 07, 2020
The copyright bargain: a balance between protection for the artist and rights for the consumer.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an artist, not a philosopher.
- Limits
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- Nov 07, 2020
Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits.
- Follow
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- Nov 07, 2020
The fact that we were encouraged to follow our conscience and not to follow the crowds - that's something I really miss. On the other hand, there were things that drove me nuts in the '60s. There was an aspect of the hippie movement that everyone is an artist, which is lethal.
- Old
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- Nov 07, 2020
My taste comes from when I was 12 years old and saw Genesis or Laurie Anderson or some performance artist who had put paint on himself. I've seen a lot of theater, but that's not what woke up my taste to become a director; nontheatrical things were much more theatrical than the theater I was seeing.
- Doubt
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- Nov 07, 2020
The greater the artist, the greater the doubt. Perfect confidence is granted to the less talented as a consolation prize.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I met Johnny Cash, I didn't know what to ask: where were you born, who was your favorite recording artist, what's your favorite color - I didn't know.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020