- His
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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
- Independent
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have an independent record label called Favored Nations on which I released an album by an artist called Johnny A, who plays an arch top Gibson through a Marshall, but the tone is all in his fingers.
- Bodily
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- Nov 07, 2020
My philosophy is that I'm an artist. I perform an art not with a paint brush or a camera. I perform with bodily movement. Instead of exhibiting my art in a museum or a book or on canvas, I exhibit my art in front of the multitudes.
- Him
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- Nov 07, 2020
It betrays hubris on the part of the artist to think his medium is limiting him, and I think we all recognize this.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Artists are creating their own genre sound, and other artists are building upon that sound and already creating a huge subculture created around one particular sound created by one artist. So, with all that happening, the genres are going to break down, and there's going to be a multitude of sound coming out.
- Blocks
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- Nov 07, 2020
A lot of my building blocks - who I am kind of as an artist - all came from being in L.A.
- Control
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- Nov 07, 2020
Artists have so much more control of their futures - they don't need to rely so much on major labels or big companies to help them. You have artists like Skrillex that can dominate so much that he gets 5 Grammy nominees, and he's clearly an underground artist.
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
An artist cannot be responsible for what people make of their art. An audience loathe giving up preconceived images of an artist.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm 47 years old. I couldn't compete with Beyonce. I'm not competing with anyone. I've already established myself as an artist. I've been in this business for 30 years. There's no reason for me to compete with anyone.
- Nov 07, 2020
As an artist, you have to do what you feel passionate about. It has to be something you can connect with.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Some people said, 'Oh you're going to become a fine artist now and do exhibits and stuff.' But I have no desire to do that. I really like design and I'm going to stay with it.
- Mad
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- Nov 07, 2020
I get mad if I'm not presented as an actual artist on tour. I don't want to be seen as just some DJ that plays between sets. I have a bigger brand than that.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020