Be An Artist Quotes
A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public are to him non-existent
How are his poems?""He's not as good as he thinks he is, but then most of us feel that way.
Artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like bees they must put their lives into the sting they give.
Good artists exist simply in what they make and consequently are perfectly uninteresting in what they are.
One of the most difficult things to do is to paint darkness which nonetheless has light in it.
Two boys arrived yesterday with a pebble they said was the head of a dog until I pointed out that it was really a typewriter.
When they asked Michelangelo how he made his statue of David he is reported to have said "It is easy. You just chip away the stone that doesn't look like David."
All art is a kind of confession more or less oblique. All artists if they are to survive are forced at last to tell the whole story to vomit the anguish up.
We should comport ourselves with the masterpieces of art as with exalted personages - stand quietly before them and wait till they speak to us.
The best artist has that thought alone Which is contained within the marble shell The sculptor's hand can only break the spell To free the figures slumbering in the stone.
Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people - the beauty within themselves.
You don't have to be a renowned artist like Q-Tip to try your hand at poetry. You don't need any special equipment - that's the beauty of it.
Creativity without discipline will struggle, creativity with discipline will succeed.
Every gesture and every look he gives me takes me by surprise and causes my heart to stutter.
Sometimes I defy flower anatomy & other times I try and replicate it intricately!
I grab the nearest lamppost when my knees threaten to give out, panting for breath as the words rip through me
When we step onto the bridge, Nathan turns and spreads his arms out wide. ‘Welcome to Pont des Arts, a.k.a. The Lock Bridge.
I head in the direction of the Eiffel Tower when I exit the alley, relieved to be out of the dark.
Sometimes the gap between what you are and what you want to be is a little piece of paper called your college degree. So jump.
Ambition is like a plague that can only be cured by success.
When I need some striking inspiration about deep depression for my new painting, I just need to go to check my bank account...
The artist's greatest creation beganthe night he washed his memory of his failuresrubbed opium on his lipsdrank the wine that women offered himand lay down and wept.
A human being is a real artist and a creative in any field, not a programmed robot in some factory.
What I wear on and off stage is my mask. You see, a mask doesn't hide you, it exposes you.
You must make love to him like his touch is your salvation.
Now relax, think positively and begin --- the smile of success awaits you.
Dreams. They start in your beautiful mind. Think of beautiful things and it will manifest into actions because your body will listen to you. Like it always does.
The philosophers write about things as they are and as they appear to be, but as an artist I find that appearance is everything.
Talent & skills are useless & won't get you anywhere, without lot of practise, commitment & prioritization.
True art is thoughtful, emotional examination of how human themes impact the overall experience of existing. The rest is kitsch.
When you judge your art with number of likes you get in response to it, you're killing the artist within, and giving rise to an entertainer.
Personality begins where comparison leaves off. Be unique. Be memorable. Be confident. Be proud.