Artist Quotes

Many artists and writers have used cannabis for creative stimulation - from the writers of the world's religious masterpieces to our most irreverent satirists.

My opinion is that new needs need new techniques. And the modern artists have found new ways and new means of making their statements.

A wife, a lover, can perhaps never see what the artist sees. They rarely ever do. Perhaps a really mediocre artist has more chance of success.

What is so important is that you play for the artist and for the record and for the song ... everything else falls into place ... my solo has to be a complement to the singer and the song.

I like the idea of the artist going out in the world, creating a dialogue

An artist cannot do anything slovenly.

We're committed to giving the independent artists we support the best stage to share their mind-blowing work with audiences.

Don't hoard the past. Don't cherish anything. Burn it. The artist is the phoenix who burns to emerge.

I think that to explore the uncomfortable and the politically incorrect is the job of the artist.

As artists, it’s our job to delve into the uncomfortable, the difficult and the challenging.

I’ve always been interested in leaders and rule breakers and artists and politicians.

I have the best fans. I know every artist says that but I really do. I love my fans for how much they know about me, how much they learn about me, and how much they really pay attention.

What drives me is to still feel creative and like I'm pushing myself as an artist.

I wanted to feel like an artist for once in my life. I wanted to use other producers for respect, to let them know that I listen to other people's music and that I'm just not out here on my own page.

Jerry Goldsmith is an artist who meets all the demands upon the composer in films. He communicates, integrates, subordinates, supports, and designs with discipline.

I don't think a songwriter should lose their mojo. In my situation, I'm one of those artists that lasts over a long period rather than have your moment and your moment is gone.

I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing.

I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was a transient skill.

Give shape, artist! don't talk! Your poem be but a breath.

From 20 years of experience hiring artists out of the schools, I know-they get worse every year. They're absolutely ridiculously retarded now.

Cartoonists are untrained artists, while illustrators are more trained.

I influenced the BG style by not being able to draw perspective. The BG artists developed cool graphic painting styles to make my bad backgrounds look like they were that way on purpose.

Beauty, therefore, for the modern and postmodern artist has become a highly dubious metaphor for a discredited belief system.

An artist needs a certain amount of turmoil and confusion.

I'm a fine artist working in a commercial arena, so that's my cross to bear

Every man is a plastic artist who must determine things for himself.

The artist in his calling of interpreter creates because he must. He is so much of a voice that, for him, silence is like death

A passion for his art, and an eager desire to excel, will more than supply an artist with the place of method.

Nowadays, when kids decide they like an artist, they'll absorb everything that artist has ever done in a single night.

As an experienced artist, I carry my work like a secret pregnancy. I am always aware of inner life and the need to protect it.

In a way, artists are shamans, facilitators who take what's there, channel it through themselves, then put it out there for people to appreciate.

When did the word 'temperament' come into fashion with us? Perhaps it came in when we discovered that artists were human beings.

I am not Lyme disease, that's not who I am, I'm still a feminist artist, but this is a part of my story too, and I'm not going to keep it out to look cooler.

I realized that I wanted to get better in every way. As a person, as a friend, as a songwriter, as a musician, as an artist, record producer, you name it.

Before, I was more concerned with getting on the radio, like many young artists.

Conventional wisdom can get us into so much trouble, especially as artists.

Source of inspiration. The MAK is a museum that has had a profound effect on me as an artist and art viewer.

Especially as an artist who has been signed to one of the majors throughout my last ten years, you don't always get to write your own music.

If you're a conscious rap artist and you're worried about Billboard charts, you're gonna have a problem.

I think that fashion and music go hand-in-hand, and they always should. It's the artist's job to create imagery that matches the music. I think they're very intertwined.

I believe that there is no doubts about who I am, an artist who loves music, above everything.

Working with younger artists kind of tests your judgment. You're not always right, but when you are, it's exciting.

The best thing about the term 'performance artist' is that it includes just about everything you might want to do.

I think artists who are attracted to working on the Net will adjust their work to the capabilities of a very small screen.

A lot of people just love music, especially a lot of aspiring artists. They just want to jump in and start making music. They don't really take time to grow and appreciate the craft.

I listen a lot to the incredible young artists who are coming through, which is something that just wasn't possible during Apartheid. That's the way I learn.

Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable.

In his garden every man may be his own artist without apology or explanation. Here is one spot where each may experience the "romance of possibility".

You learn from doing and you learn from experiencing what it feels like to be present and lost in the moment with another artist.

I'm an artist first and foremost. So things are gonna go up and down and sideways and whichever way all through life.