- Limits
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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
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a folk artist at heart.
- Nov 07, 2020
Not to compare an actor to a painter, but you can go through different phases and still be the same artist, y'know?
- Mom
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always had so much admiration for my mom. She's so inspiring as a woman and as an artist.
- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been a 'write first' artist: the drawings are always in service of the writing.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the 1970s when I started in the art world, no self-respecting artist would have stood in line to try to get on a television show. It never would have happened.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I know what kind of artist I want to be, what I'm capable of, what I'm not capable of.
- Enjoy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I try to be a truthful artist and I try to show a level of courage. I enjoy that. I'm a messenger.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an artist, I've always wanted to participate in the dialogue of art with other artists.
- Art
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always enjoyed feeling a connection to the avant-garde, such as Dada and surrealism and pop art. The only thing the artist can do is be honest with themselves and make the art they want to make. That's what I've always done.
- Dream
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- Nov 07, 2020
My older sister achieved her dream of being an artist. She's an illustrator living in Manhattan.
- Frenzy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I gradually work myself into a frenzy as the shoot approaches, while we're choosing the costumes or working with the make-up artist. I'm not so much interested in my character as the film itself.
- Big
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- Nov 07, 2020
My favorite Twombly is 'Apollo and the Artist,' with the big 'Apollo' written across it.
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have done only two portraits: one of the artist Francesco Clemente and another of Andy Warhol.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020