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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.
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I decided I was going to be an artist who wrote my own songs, and turned down the publishing deal. That meant that the first few years here were really tough financially. I didn't know if I was going to have gas to get home sometimes or could put gas in the car.
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I have always found that if, while creating an artwork, the artist constantly feels that some accident would occur if he is not careful, then it is a very significant moment and a significant work.
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I think I was very lucky to have grown up with an artist's studio in the house. It was a kind of life that was possible. Yeah, it made it kind of harder because the standards were higher, but there was no pressure.
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I'm not such an artist type that I can't handle the real world. I read the financial pages, because most people don't talk about art.
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When something happens in Africa, an artist will sing about it and stuff. We have all the records; we have everything. Free Mandela records and all that.
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If he's a true symphony artist, he knows better than that because he knows that the only truly creative musician is the jazz musician.
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That is, an artist who creates lots of work probably experiences prolific days and slower days.
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Sixteen million colors in your palette are hard for any artist, especially a beginner, to turn down.
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Once an artist explores the vast variety of tools and features available on the great programs, we're hooked.
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My favorite soul artist, I would have to say D'Angelo. That's R&B, soul. Trap artist, I would probably have to say...Young Thug.
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Whenever a dope artist comes out of nowhere, the first thing you do is try and compare it to stuff until you realise that that artist is just them, and eventually those comparisons will stop.
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I've always wanted to be a real universal artist, one that every type of audience could relate to.
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Right now as an artist, what I want to do is be a part of works that are unignorable. I couldn't be less interested in how people receive it, honestly. As long as it's unignorable.
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To retain his dignity, an artist must live in opposition. He must be critical of his country. If not, then he is worthless.
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