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Artist Quotes

My first thought, as a child, was that the artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and that he does it without destroying something else. A kind of refutation of the conservation of matter. That still seems to me its central magic, its core of joy Picture Quote #1

Clinical psychology tells us arguably that trauma is the ultimate killer. Memories r not recycled like atoms and particles in quantum physics. they can be lost forever. It's sort of like my past is an unfinished painting and as the artist of that painting, I must fill in all the ugly holes and make it beautiful again Picture Quote #1

The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and that he does it without destroying something else. A kind of refutation of the conservation of matter. That still seems to me its central magic, its core of joy Picture Quote #1

Here, where we reach the sphere of mathematics, we are among processes which seem to some the most inhuman of all human activities and the most remote from poetry. Yet it is here that the artist has the fullest scope of his imagination Picture Quote #1

The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does Picture Quote #1

If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he's really needed Picture Quote #1

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An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose Picture Quote #1

The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces Picture Quote #1

Just as pluck comes of breeding, so is endurance especially an attribute of the artist. Because he can stand outside himself, and (if there be nothing ignoble in them) take pleasure in his own sufferings, the artist has a huge advantage over you and me Picture Quote #1

The actualising of God through the medium of the love song remains my prime motivation as an artist Picture Quote #1

My responsibility as an artist is to turn up at the page or the piano or the microphone. The rest is up to God Picture Quote #1

Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is Picture Quote #1

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There is only one art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its truth. Thus, from the standpoint of the work and its worth it is irrelevant to which political ideas the artist as a citizen claims allegiance, which ideas he would like to serve with his work or whether he holds any such ideas at all Picture Quote #1

I'm a liability to them - I'm a woman, I'm empowered, I'm an artist. I've had executives who can't come to my shows they're so scared of me. I've been a thorn in many people's sides just by existing Picture Quote #1

Right now the only thing that I am concerned with in my life is being an artist. I had to suppress it for so many years in high school because I was made fun of but now I'm completely insulated in my box of insanity and I can do whatever I like Picture Quote #1

What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth-and then there's a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth, but he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for, my moment. It's the moment that the audience falls in love Picture Quote #1

If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next Picture Quote #1

Well, in order for me to be successful. In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times Picture Quote #1

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For a young artist to really make it and make money is a lot more difficult these days Picture Quote #1

I learned three things in Zurich during the war. I wrote them down. Firstly, you're either a revolutionary or you're not, and if you're not you might as well be an artist as anything else. Secondly, if you can't be an artist, you might as well be a revolutionary.... I forget the third thing Picture Quote #1

To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. To be an artist in Zurich, in 1917, implies a degree of self-absorption that would have glazed over the eyes of Narcissus Picture Quote #1

Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist Picture Quote #1

One of the dangers of the American artist is that he finds himself almost exclusively thrown in with persons more or less in the arts. he lives among them, eats among them, quarrels with them, marries them Picture Quote #1

The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is Picture Quote #1

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No artist knows everything (yea, even this artist - piss - artist, con - artist, body - artist) but since every artist knows more than he can tell, all art is lying by omission Picture Quote #1

Strictly speaking, there are no holidays for art; art pursues you everywhere, and that's just fine with the artist Picture Quote #1

I always say perseverance is nine - tenths of any art - not that it's much help to be nine tenths an artist, of course Picture Quote #1

Every true artist is the salvation of every other. Only artists produce for each other a world that is fit to live in Picture Quote #1

Never trust the teller, trust the tale. The proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it Picture Quote #1

Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better Picture Quote #1

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My first thought, as a child, was that the artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and that he does it without destroying something else. A kind of refutation of the conservation of matter. That still seems to me its central magic, its core of joy (Artist Quotes) Clinical psychology tells us arguably that trauma is the ultimate killer. Memories r not recycled like atoms and particles in quantum physics. they can be lost forever. It's sort of like my past is an unfinished painting and as the artist of that painting, I must fill in all the ugly holes and make it beautiful again (Artist Quotes) The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and that he does it without destroying something else. A kind of refutation of the conservation of matter. That still seems to me its central magic, its core of joy (Artist Quotes) Here, where we reach the sphere of mathematics, we are among processes which seem to some the most inhuman of all human activities and the most remote from poetry. Yet it is here that the artist has the fullest scope of his imagination (Artist Quotes) The difference between a bad artist and a good one is: the bad artist seems to copy a great deal; the good one really does (Artist Quotes) If we are to change our world view, images have to change. The artist now has a very important job to do. He's not a little peripheral figure entertaining rich people, he's really needed (Artist Quotes) An artist must be free to choose what he does, certainly, but he must also never be afraid to do what he might choose (Artist Quotes) The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of the work he produces (Artist Quotes) Just as pluck comes of breeding, so is endurance especially an attribute of the artist. Because he can stand outside himself, and (if there be nothing ignoble in them) take pleasure in his own sufferings, the artist has a huge advantage over you and me (Artist Quotes) The actualising of God through the medium of the love song remains my prime motivation as an artist (Artist Quotes) My responsibility as an artist is to turn up at the page or the piano or the microphone. The rest is up to God (Artist Quotes) Luxury is the wolf at the door and its fangs are the vanities and conceits germinated by success. When an artist learns this, he knows where the danger is (Artist Quotes) There is only one art, whose sole criterion is the power, the authenticity, the revelatory insight, the courage and suggestiveness with which it seeks its truth. Thus, from the standpoint of the work and its worth it is irrelevant to which political ideas the artist as a citizen claims allegiance, which ideas he would like to serve with his work or whether he holds any such ideas at all (Artist Quotes) I'm a liability to them - I'm a woman, I'm empowered, I'm an artist. I've had executives who can't come to my shows they're so scared of me. I've been a thorn in many people's sides just by existing (Artist Quotes) Right now the only thing that I am concerned with in my life is being an artist. I had to suppress it for so many years in high school because I was made fun of but now I'm completely insulated in my box of insanity and I can do whatever I like (Artist Quotes) What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth-and then there's a lie. The artist is essentially creating his work to make this lie a truth, but he slides it in amongst all the others. The tiny little lie is the moment I live for, my moment. It's the moment that the audience falls in love (Artist Quotes) If you only believe that you're an artist when you have a big advance in your pocket and a single coming out, I would say that's quite soulless. You have to have a sense of your own greatness and your own ability from a very deep place inside you. I am the one with the litmus test in my hands of what people need to hear next (Artist Quotes) Well, in order for me to be successful. In order to be a great artist - musician, actor, painter, whatever - you must be able to be private in public at all times (Artist Quotes) For a young artist to really make it and make money is a lot more difficult these days (Artist Quotes) I learned three things in Zurich during the war. I wrote them down. Firstly, you're either a revolutionary or you're not, and if you're not you might as well be an artist as anything else. Secondly, if you can't be an artist, you might as well be a revolutionary.... I forget the third thing (Artist Quotes) To be an artist at all is like living in Switzerland during a world war. To be an artist in Zurich, in 1917, implies a degree of self-absorption that would have glazed over the eyes of Narcissus (Artist Quotes) Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist (Artist Quotes) One of the dangers of the American artist is that he finds himself almost exclusively thrown in with persons more or less in the arts. he lives among them, eats among them, quarrels with them, marries them (Artist Quotes) The stupid believe that to be truthful is easy; only the artist, the great artist, knows how difficult it is (Artist Quotes) No artist knows everything (yea, even this artist - piss - artist, con - artist, body - artist) but since every artist knows more than he can tell, all art is lying by omission (Artist Quotes) Strictly speaking, there are no holidays for art; art pursues you everywhere, and that's just fine with the artist (Artist Quotes) I always say perseverance is nine - tenths of any art - not that it's much help to be nine tenths an artist, of course (Artist Quotes) Every true artist is the salvation of every other. Only artists produce for each other a world that is fit to live in (Artist Quotes) Never trust the teller, trust the tale. The proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it (Artist Quotes) Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does the better (Artist Quotes)

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