Artist Quotes - Page 73

I am constantly torn between the attitude of the conscientious journalist who is a recorder and interpreter of the facts and of the creative artist who often is necessarily at poetic odds with the literal facts.

Criticism? An artist wants praise. Praise.

I don't think music can be held. I don't think artists can be put into boxes or places. It's all about creating and making the best music you can.

Rather than set aside daily time for prayer, I pray constantly and spontaneously about everything I encounter on a daily basis. When someone shares something with me, I'll often simply say, 'Let's pray about this right now.

Any man who does not have his inner world to translate is not an artist.

The amateur believes he must first overcome his fear; then he can do his work. The professional knows that fear can never be overcome. He knows there is no such thing as a fearless warrior or a dread-free artist.

I was constantly being around artists and Bohemian types.

If a musician wants to become a finer artist, he must first become a finer person.

The notion that the great artist requires a great patron has been around since the Pharaohs. That the born patron also needs an artist to patronize is a less-studied phenomenon.

What made my mind go free is that I wanted to become an artist.

Dancehall music is perceived as party music, which it is because of the rhythm, but there are messages that do come through or a purpose of an artist saying something to the world. People usually don't get the messages because of the partying.

I'm growing as an artist and expanding my range, and not pigeonholing myself by doing the same thing, over and over.

I think the best songs are being written by the very under-stated, under-appreciated indie artists. The thing that separates them from mainstream success is they either consciously or unknowingly refuse to deliver on a big chorus.

I think working with artists is incredibly important for everybody in the world, but also, it is a way of seeing the world differently.

Language should find itself in the physical world, and not end up locked in an idea in somebody's head

I just hope I can live long enough to see the fame.

There are no guidelines for what happens when you get successful as an artist. My heroes were artists like Acconci, and he didn't make any money. That's what I thought success was.

The technician should never forget that he is an artist, the artist never that he is a technician

When I paint, I liberate monsters They are the manifestations of all the doubts, searches and groping for meaning and expression which all artists experience One does not choose the content, one submits to it.

That is the artist's job: take mineral rock from dark silent earth, transform it into shining light-reflecting form from sky.

One thing that really appeals to me is this idea of music being a living thing that has an evolution that, in a way, enables the artist to sell a process rather than a piece of product.

Artists are the gatekeepers of truth.

Poor artist! You gave away part of your soul when you painted the picture which you are now trying to dispose of.

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait.

The artist must know the manner whereby to convince others of the truthfulness of his lies.