- Look
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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
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was making big paintings with mythological themes. When I started painting black figures, the white professors were relieved, and the black students were like, 'She's on our side.' These are the kinds of issues that a white male artist just doesn't have to deal with.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am performing this role of the artist and this role of the 'negress' coming into a white-box institution. It's kind of a self-appointed role: the self-designated negress.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am Warhol. I am the No. 1 most impactful artist of our generation. I am Shakespeare in the flesh.
- Independent
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an independent artist, you control the means of production, which is the ultimate form of empowerment.
- Play
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I started out, I wanted to be the kind of artist who could play the CMA Music Festival and then turn around and play Bonnaroo, and I've managed to do both.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think that it's the job of the artist to be in transition and constantly learn more.
- Merchant
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- Nov 07, 2020
The man of science, the artist, the philosopher are attached to their nations as much as the day-laborer and the merchant.
- Room
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If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso.
- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being beautiful can be a curse, especially if you want to be an artist and create.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always wanted to be an artist, but I didn't really know how someone could make a life out it.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not so sure I 'like' to watch myself on film, but I do find it necessary in order to continually be a better artist.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020