- 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
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
Here in England, everyone's a pop star, innit, whereas in America they believe in the term artist.
- Black
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- Nov 07, 2020
The black artist's role in America is to aid in the destruction of America as he knows it.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a mass-appeal artist.
- Through
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm an artist through and through.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
In f(x), when I'm doing K-pop, that's cool - that's our concept. But me, as a solo artist, I'm just me. I'm gonna wear my jeans, my Jordans, and I'm just gonna be a little stupid on stage.
- Cleverest
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would like to say a few things about that photo in 'Tatler'. I have no regrets. The article was about the 20 cleverest people in England, covered up only by the thing that makes them clever. A saxophonist, for example, had only his saxophone, and an artist, his easel. So I was covered by books.
- Portrait
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- Nov 07, 2020
The photograph of the Queen sitting stiffly across the table from Glasgow resident Susan McCarron is so natural and expressive that it looks utterly fake. It looks like an artist's portrait, complete with symbolism, humour and poignancy. No wonder the palace and the press have interpreted it in such different ways.
- Fashion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think fashion, mishandled, can be quite toxic. It becomes about image and the cult of celebrity. I think when an artist is seen at a lot of parties as a celebrity, I find that worrying. I think it can limit them.
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.
- Bird
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.
- Doing
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- Nov 07, 2020
The real artist has no idea that he is sacrificing himself for art. He does what he does for one reason and one reason only-he can't help doing it.
- Galleries
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a contemporary artist and I show in art galleries and museums. I show a number of photographs and films, but I also make television programs, books and some appetizing, all with the same concept.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020