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Do you want to be an artist so that the whole world will look at you, or do you want to be an artist because you would like to use your ability to attract attention, to have the world see itself through you differently?

Anna Deavere Smith
Artist, Looks, Attention
"Anna Deavere Smith's 'Letters to a Young Artist'". "News & Notes" with Ed Gordon, www.npr.org. February 13, 2006.
Do you want to be an artist so that the whole world will look at you, or do you want to be an artist because you would like to use your ability to attract attention, to have the world see itself through you differently?