- 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
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have a private press. I'm a book artist. I publish books of other authors and artists. I do the illustrating. I set the type. I print it myself on my press. I do everything but bind it.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Sam Wood, the director, made most of his money as a real estate agent; there was nothing of the temperamental artist about him.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
As an artist, you dream about accumulating enough successful music to someday do just one greatest-hits album, but to reach the point where you're releasing your second collection of hits is beyond belief.
- Nice
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
To me, the ideal artist-to-audience relationship is a one-to-zero relationship. The artist should be granted anonymity.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
In '89, I got a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. That's when I started to get into group shows. Suddenly, I sort of 'came out' as an artist.
- Man
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- Nov 07, 2020
Michael Jackson is the greatest musical influence on me. He's my man. Musically, he is the one artist I want to be like.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
A half dozen pictures would just about be enough for the life of an artist, for my life.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
I can live in L.A. as a struggling artist. I cannot live in New York as a struggling artist.
- Person
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every person has parallel tracks. You have your personal life or your life as an artist, or whatever it is you do.
- Community
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- Nov 07, 2020
I rebelled against the idea of the artist being what I call the 'after-dinner mint' of society. I didn't want them to be just the entertainers, but rather part of the community - the bread, not only the dessert.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020