- 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
- Nov 07, 2020
You know what, if you compromise and do stuff that's not becoming to you as an artist, that's your fault.
- Doubt
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If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist.
- Good
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Being able to make work - if it's on your terms, and it's a good fit with the people who are supporting it - can be a very interesting exercise. When it doesn't work is when an artist just connects with a brand, and they try to take advantage of each other.
- Meaning
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Just doing a project because it's an opportunity won't create meaning. As an artist, I need something to communicate.
- Like
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I shy away from the word 'creation.' In the ordinary, social meaning of the word - well, it's very nice, but fundamentally, I don't believe in the creative function of the artist. He's a man like any other.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since the tubes of paint used by the artist are manufactured and ready-made products, we must conclude that all the paintings in the world are 'ready-mades aided' and also works of assemblage.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.
- Body
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Drawing is giving a performance; an artist is an actor who is not limited by the body, only by his ability and, perhaps, experience.
- Imagination
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All of the stuff I can't afford to do on a TV budget, I just put into the comic book because you're really only limited in a comic by your artist's imagination.
- Experience
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was in Barcelona working with Shakira, and it was an amazing experience. She's a great artist, and I learned a lot while working with her.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020