Artist Quotes

I come from a family of business people, but I had the idea I wanted to become an artist.

I would say that most serious artists have a pretty complete idea of what they're going to do before they do it.

Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our own era; but, on the other hand, these works have lives of their own, and they're still alive today.

Every time we buy a CD or download a song, the artist is paid for their work. You might not know that this isn't the case when a musician's work is played on the radio.

The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time.

As a producer, youre pretty much creating a body of work that an artist has to stand behind.

To be honest, I didn't really get into making music to be an album artist.

You are the song of every bird, you are the poet's every word, every artist's picture, every writer's play.

Well, I do listen to God for direction, but I really don't have time to listen to other artists all that much.

I think we have to bottom out. When the studios jump out of the ring, perhaps the artist can get back in.

It's whatever sells; it's the business of it.

We're trying to do what Miles Davis would have wanted us to do, which is approach it as artists with his life as the canvas.

I grew up in Ditchling. It was an idyllic village at the foot of the South Downs. In those days, the village was full of artists and sculptors.

Richard Avedon is a true genius of photography and one of the greatest artists of our time.

Most artists are surrealists

I just like to choose projects that will allow me as an artist to make my art.

I feel like I kind of got my own lane, but I think if you mix T.I., Andre3000, Hov and Kanye you kinda get who I am. And I'm a huge fan of all of those artists, I grew up on a little bit of all them.

I'm going to keep proving people wrong, whether it's my record label, other artists.

A lot of artists just put on the people they can make money off of.

Artists are the traditional interpreters of dreams and nightmares.

The artist's knowledge of his own creative nature is often unconscious; he pursues his mysterious way of life in a strange innocence.

I'm not the kind of artist that wants to get a sound, refine it, and do it 'til I'm 50 so that it's the purest amber of my one way.

There are so few barriers to working with artists because the contract is brief and straightforward, it allows us to just move instantly.

There's definitely something broken in the music industry clearly. Partly from downloading and partly the obstacles for discovery and listener choice and artist distribution are gone.

Presidents have to be very organized to govern successfully, and solo artists rarely succeed.

We're able to influence younger generations on design and art. They might not have realized they were an artist.

My favorite artists always documented emotion. Marvin Gaye and Al Green and Sade and Aaliyah.

I want to go on tour with the most exciting artists, and I want to make sure that I have songs with all of them.

I have a fan base that some people say is equal to that of signed artists' maybe even more.

Couple of artists got words for me, that's never fun. They say it's on when they see me, that day don't ever come.

I'm actually 100% independent. I'm not a Universal artist. I'm signed to myself.

I hate working with artists who don't have something to say or when they have something that sounds cool but isn't really them.

As an artist, you have to maintain focus and eliminate the distraction of second-guessing yourself based on the opinions of others.

Anytime an artist puts your name in a song, it's unbelievable. It never gets old.

My mom is a painter and photographer and my grandfather was an artist, so I've always been surrounded by creative people.

Anytime you can promote young artists and designers is a cool thing.

There is only one po- sition for an artist anywhere: and that is, upright.

Every major work of art is a transgression, but the artist is not necessarily, by nature, a transgressor.

A critic has no right to the narrowness which is the frequent prerogative of the creative artist.

And when I look back I recognize now that I indeed do come from a large family of artists. Whether they necessarily realize it or not.

[Miley Cyrus] got a fantastic voice. I do think she's a fantastic artist and does great songs. I wish her all the best.

I kind of like the way that I came up as an artist. I like experimenting.

I'm the artist when I'm doing music that I am when I'm acting. I'm everything.

A good producer brings out the best in the artist he's working with. You shouldn't be able to listen to something and say, 'So-and-so produced this album.

A painting is above all a product of the artist's imagination, it must never be a copy. If, at a later stage, he wants to add two or three touches from nature, of course it doesn't spoil anything.

A successful artist of any kind has to work so hard that she is justified in refusing to lay down her sceptre until she is placed on the bier.

Obviously all writers, all artists, have their own internal critics; as they write they are being self-critical.

When I paint a person, his enemies always find the portrait a good likeness.

It was always my intention that The Frieze should be housed in a room which would provide a suitable architectural frame for it.

The artist in our time has two chief responsibilities: (1) art; and (2) sedition.