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"And, since the model he faithfully copies is not going to be hung up next to the picture, since the picture is going to be there on its own, it is of no interest whether it is an accurate copy of the model."
"It is my belief one should not belittle the artist; while, however glorious his fame may seem, his time on Mount Olympus as an honourable guest of Zeus is short. It's a pity, but all too eager will the common folk drag him from this etherial heights to the low and trodden earth."
"In his garden, every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation."
"If there were only one truth, you couldn't paint a hundred canvases on the same theme."
"When I paint I feel that all the artists of the past are behind me."
"The revolutionary artist does not only focus on the negative aspects of capitalist lives, but also creates visions of a revolutionary future."
"What other movement determines the S line? Its aesthetic efficacity has long been noted by artists."
"When I practice, I am a philosopher. When I teach, I am a scientist. When I demonstrate, I am an artist."
"As an artist, I never wanted to be fettered by gender nor recognized or defined as a female poet, musician or singer. They don't do that with men - nobody says Picasso, the male artist. Curators call me up and say, "We want your work to be in a show about women artists," and I'm like, why? For Christ's sake, do we have to attach a gender onto everything?"
"I am a brush, the car is my track and the artist my canvas"
"An architect is not an artist but an optimistic realist."
"I worked really hard to develop me as an artist and as a musician. I have so many different influences and play so many different instruments, I don't think anyone knew what to do with me!"
"I want to solidify as an artist and show that as I grow as a person and make mistakes and learn from them, I'm going to grow artistically."
"I literally make music for my wife and my friends. I don't feel beholden to my fans. I don't even really know who they are. But, I know that this whole thing started with me making stuff that I got off on, and I've gotta believe that that's how it's going to end, too. That's the only way it can go. There are a lot of artists who have gotten pretty caught up in that. That's why I like the defeatist attitude. Just assume that no one is going to like it and that no one cares, and you'll end up making something that you really like."
"Gift to the creative artist: positive images in, positive images out. On the other hand, garbage in, garbage out."
"I guess you could say that I’m the luckiest girl because I got to meet my true hero. She was a precious person. She made me a better singer, a better person. She was the consummate artist and human being."
"Law breaking, graffiti artist, dumb jock that I am, I'm pretty socially conscious."
"I'm always looking for ways to develop as a Jazz artist, to find different ways of using my voice."
"My ultimate goal is to really be a huge music artist to the point where one day people forget that I was on a reality show."
"I feel like fashion and style is a big part of being an artist."
