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Artist Quotes

I’m rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work it’s no longer his Picture Quote #1

Any artist can’t get away from the way the world works, which is that it wants to know what you did, and you’re only interested in what you’re doing right now Picture Quote #1

I want to be real. I want to be a real person. That’s what an artist is. An artist has to be honest. Without honesty, there’s nothing Picture Quote #1

If you’re an artist like a really, really long time, it stops being a performance. I’m not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience. I show you some of me. It’s not a show no more Picture Quote #1

As an artist, you take things from your environment, and there’s going to be a style coming out of your environment Picture Quote #1

In the cycle of a great civilization, the artist begins as priest, and ends as a clown or buffoon Picture Quote #1

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Don’t hoard the past. Don’t cherish anything. Burn it. The artist is the phoenix who burns to emerge Picture Quote #1

The first choice an artist makes is precisely to be an artist, and if he chooses to be an artist it is in consideration of what he is himself and because of a certain idea he has of art Picture Quote #1

I’m a fine artist working in a commercial arena, so that’s my cross to bear Picture Quote #1

I consider myself a martial artist and an actor. They can work together or individually. I love to do action. I love having a good role in which I can act and fight. Thats double happiness Picture Quote #1

Im ridiculously fortunate to get a chance to experience the sitcom world. The schedule is extremely easy, and you get fed as an artist because you’re not only working on a project, but you get to work with cameras, and you get the audience there Picture Quote #1

Every person has parallel tracks. You have your personal life or your life as an artist, or whatever it is you do Picture Quote #1

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I know what I want, and I know what needs to be done to make my performance better. So I do these little askings, about the lights and costumes. Its not the diva speaking. Its the artist who knows how it has to be done Picture Quote #1

Because when an artist has to assert that her intended audience is all humans rather than those who happen to be of her particular gender or race, what she’s actually having to assert is the breadth and depth of her own humanity Picture Quote #1

When we are moved by art we are grateful that the artist lived, grateful that he labored in the service of his gifts Picture Quote #1

You have your own perceptions as an artist because you’re put on this planet to create mystery, but you’re put here to unravel mysteries too Picture Quote #1

For what is the gift of the poet and the artist except to see the sights which others cannot see and to hear the sounds that others cannot hear? Picture Quote #1

America hates the artist. It will not admit: the artist is my soul and I want to kill off my soul Picture Quote #1

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An artist usually has no friends except other artists, and usually they do not like his work Picture Quote #1

Failure would only be if you had somewhere stopped growing. As far as I can see the whole duty of the artist is to keep on growing Picture Quote #1

Just as a picture is drawn by an artist, surroundings are created by the activities of the mind Picture Quote #1

Just as the creative artist is not allowed to choose, neither is he permitted to turn his back on anything: a single refusal, and he is cast out of the state of grace and becomes sinful all the way through Picture Quote #1

The unconscious of an artist is her greatest treasure. It is what transmutes the dross of autobiography into the gold of myth Picture Quote #1

Everything happens to an artist; time is always redeemed, nothing is lost and wonders never cease Picture Quote #1

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Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference Picture Quote #1

When literature becomes overly erudite, it means that interest in the art has gone and curiosity about the artist is what’s important. It becomes a kind of idolatry Picture Quote #1

Whatever a work of art may be, the artist certainly cannot dare to be simple. He must have a nature as complicated and as violent, as totally unsuggestive of the word innocence, as a modern war Picture Quote #1

It gives me no joy to be praised at the expense of a better artist, by someone who does not know the difference or who thinks me too vain to be aware of it myself Picture Quote #1

Try to find the right balance of keeping things exciting and treating your audience with respect, and also treating yourself as an artist with respect Picture Quote #1

Sometimes, being a feminist artist, there are times where I’m in a position where I just want to feel like I’m saying all the right things politically, or I feel like I have to mention my own project over other people’s projects Picture Quote #1

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I’m rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work it’s no longer his (Artist Quotes) Any artist can’t get away from the way the world works, which is that it wants to know what you did, and you’re only interested in what you’re doing right now (Artist Quotes) I want to be real. I want to be a real person. That’s what an artist is. An artist has to be honest. Without honesty, there’s nothing (Artist Quotes) If you’re an artist like a really, really long time, it stops being a performance. I’m not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience. I show you some of me. It’s not a show no more (Artist Quotes) As an artist, you take things from your environment, and there’s going to be a style coming out of your environment (Artist Quotes) In the cycle of a great civilization, the artist begins as priest, and ends as a clown or buffoon (Artist Quotes) Don’t hoard the past. Don’t cherish anything. Burn it. The artist is the phoenix who burns to emerge (Artist Quotes) The first choice an artist makes is precisely to be an artist, and if he chooses to be an artist it is in consideration of what he is himself and because of a certain idea he has of art (Artist Quotes) I’m a fine artist working in a commercial arena, so that’s my cross to bear (Artist Quotes) I consider myself a martial artist and an actor. They can work together or individually. I love to do action. I love having a good role in which I can act and fight. Thats double happiness (Artist Quotes) Im ridiculously fortunate to get a chance to experience the sitcom world. The schedule is extremely easy, and you get fed as an artist because you’re not only working on a project, but you get to work with cameras, and you get the audience there (Artist Quotes) Every person has parallel tracks. You have your personal life or your life as an artist, or whatever it is you do (Artist Quotes) I know what I want, and I know what needs to be done to make my performance better. So I do these little askings, about the lights and costumes. Its not the diva speaking. Its the artist who knows how it has to be done (Artist Quotes) Because when an artist has to assert that her intended audience is all humans rather than those who happen to be of her particular gender or race, what she’s actually having to assert is the breadth and depth of her own humanity (Artist Quotes) When we are moved by art we are grateful that the artist lived, grateful that he labored in the service of his gifts (Artist Quotes) You have your own perceptions as an artist because you’re put on this planet to create mystery, but you’re put here to unravel mysteries too (Artist Quotes) For what is the gift of the poet and the artist except to see the sights which others cannot see and to hear the sounds that others cannot hear? (Artist Quotes) America hates the artist. It will not admit: the artist is my soul and I want to kill off my soul (Artist Quotes) An artist usually has no friends except other artists, and usually they do not like his work (Artist Quotes) Failure would only be if you had somewhere stopped growing. As far as I can see the whole duty of the artist is to keep on growing (Artist Quotes) Just as a picture is drawn by an artist, surroundings are created by the activities of the mind (Artist Quotes) Just as the creative artist is not allowed to choose, neither is he permitted to turn his back on anything: a single refusal, and he is cast out of the state of grace and becomes sinful all the way through (Artist Quotes) The unconscious of an artist is her greatest treasure. It is what transmutes the dross of autobiography into the gold of myth (Artist Quotes) Everything happens to an artist; time is always redeemed, nothing is lost and wonders never cease (Artist Quotes) Temperament is something that is an integral part of the artist. Not temper, temperament. There is a vast difference (Artist Quotes) When literature becomes overly erudite, it means that interest in the art has gone and curiosity about the artist is what’s important. It becomes a kind of idolatry (Artist Quotes) Whatever a work of art may be, the artist certainly cannot dare to be simple. He must have a nature as complicated and as violent, as totally unsuggestive of the word innocence, as a modern war (Artist Quotes) It gives me no joy to be praised at the expense of a better artist, by someone who does not know the difference or who thinks me too vain to be aware of it myself (Artist Quotes) Try to find the right balance of keeping things exciting and treating your audience with respect, and also treating yourself as an artist with respect (Artist Quotes) Sometimes, being a feminist artist, there are times where I’m in a position where I just want to feel like I’m saying all the right things politically, or I feel like I have to mention my own project over other people’s projects (Artist Quotes)

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