Be An Artist Quotes

A number of artists have done things with Mickey Mouse - including Claes Oldenburg and Andy Warhol. He's such an American symbol, and such an anti-art symbol.

As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond.

But I want to deepen as an artist, and working with Shakespeare definitely points in that direction.

The more hedonistic you were, the better...I very much subscribed to that as a young artist.

People will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists.

I kind of think that artists throughout history, poets throughout history have been criticized for sharing what's on people's minds and I don't think it's any different now.

I think the artist's job throughout history has been to tell - to say things that people are inspired by.

[Performing artists] are making greater percentages. People are going to live events more and it's a big success story for everyone - except the music industry itself.

Donald Trump's not politically correct. Although you are running for president, you should be politically correct. But there is also the expression of an artist.

I've shared meditation with a lot of hip-hop artists, inmates, and returning war veterans with PTSD, as well. I feel like this dharma, this service is part of my job.

Art can only be taught by artists.

Photography is art when it's used by an artist.

The mystery of the artist is something that the 70's made, but it's not the same these days, and I don't know... to me, I feel like letting your fans know about you is awesome.

A lot of artists need structure.

In television, the 60-minute series, 'The Wire' and 'Mad Men' and so on, the writer is the primary creative artist.

It's true that the human body is more vulnerable than the products of the human mind. We need to protect artists and journalists people to allow them to work.

The miniatures of the Mughal period are really the pinnacle of Indian artistic achievement. And not a single one of those paintings is done by an individual artist.

The time-honored role of the artist [is] to speak truth to power.

I'm not sure how anyone with a soul can make jokes about the passing of one of the most talented artists this generation will see.

When I want to go be Chickenfoot, I go out and I'm the artist. It's all musical.

To find a form that accommodates the shape of the mess, that is the task of the artist now.

I get paid all day, every day, which is almost too much for a sensitive artist.

The artist must imitate that which is within the thing, that which is active through form and figure, and discourses to us by symbols.

You don't need to be famous to live a life as an artist.

As long as I have enough money for makeup artists, everything is okay. I feel young and very free. But one day, my face will be too old for the camera.

As an artist, I have to be the ambassador of everything.

I'm grateful to have the chance to be inspired by the incredible artists that are out there.

As a community of artists, we might just keep safe each other's love affair.

Artists and their subjects are the star-crossed lovers of the world. They recognize each other on impact.

As artists, we bear the charge of signalling, guiding, communicating and inspiriting change.

I think when you work with really wonderful directors who have a really strong vision, it lets you as an artist set the tone for your own career.

Artistry is important. Skill, hard work, rewriting, editing, and careful, careful craft: All of these are necessary. These are what separate the beginners from experienced artists.

You can be an artist, work hard for your work and also share while trying to create community with other artists.

I have always considered myself an artist and painting was the first medium that I claimed.

If humor is not present, I tend to be concerned about the artist, or distrusting of what they're presenting - unless there is an obvious tragedy being talked about.

In terms of covers, it's always nice to do ones that aren't actually getting played by the original artist anymore. I just love the song; I love that band, and it's nice to be able to play it.

What the artist should be asking is, "Am I being honest? Am I being myself? Am I searching for the truth? Am I reporting my experience of life and the world as I see and experience it?

We're artists. We cry out to be exploited on some level. Write a dissertation on my work. Write a biography about me.

By stripping down an image to essential meaning, an artist can simplify that meaning.

My first influences were superhero artists.

To put it in my music, that's not the message I am trying to send out. That's not the type of artist I am trying to be.

I don't think an artist should keep themselves categorized in a specific box.

There's definitely some sort of dissent brewing between labels, publishing companies and artists. A lot of it has to do with older licensing schemes.

Music tells you about the artist and what they were thinking about at the time, because the person has to think about it to sing it.

When I got into art school, I thought it was paradise. I wanted to be an artist so much that I was really driven and nothing could stop me.

The artist finds a greater pleasure in painting than in having completed the picture.

I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician.

An artists is someone who does something for the first time, something human, something that touches another.

Artists are people with a genius for finding a new answer, a new connection, or a new way of getting things done.

Not only must you be an artist, must you be generous, and must you be able to see where you can help but you must also be aware. Aware of where your skills are welcomed.