- 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
- Quality
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In 'There Will Be Blood,' my character was someone who was an actor himself almost. He had a rehearsed quality about him. He was a performance artist in a way.
- Nature
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Doubtless there are things in nature which have not yet been seen. If an artist discovers them, he opens the way for his successors.
- God
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An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God.
- May
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An artist may have burdens the ordinary citizen doesn't know, but the ordinary citizen has burdens that many artists never even touch.
- Person
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Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty.
- Freedom
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No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist.
- Never
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I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I'm writing a poem or drawing, I'm not a female; I'm an artist.
- Music
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I'd just sort of gravitated toward the arts, and I had always loved music and really loved theater, even though I didn't want to act. For some reason, being in Kansas, you can either be a graphic artist or a visual artist, so I decided, 'I guess I'm going to be a painter.'
- Feel
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If brands can find a voice that matches them, and the artist embraces it, they can find a way that would serve them that doesn't feel like a sellout to the artists and has dramatic impact for the brand.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
I developed 'Power: From the Mouths of the Occupied' while I was an Artist in Residence at Kalamazoo College.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020