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Artist Quotes

To understand a saint, you must hear the devil’s advocate; and the same is true of the artist Picture Quote #1

The man of genius whether as artist or thinker requires a mass of accidental variations to select from and a rigidly selective process of attention Picture Quote #1

I am an artist, I trade in uncertainty and superstition and cant. I invent dark visions of impossible situations that can never be resolved Picture Quote #1

The mind is like a sea, few are those who dare sail, most stand on the shore and watch. Artist pages Picture Quote #1

New knowledge is only useful in so far as it opens up new vistas for the imagination, and no more so than the old forms which the artist must understand only in order to reject Picture Quote #1

Technical criticism in particular is the despair of the artist... Any picture which makes one conscious first of its technical qualities, good or bad, is not a good picture, whatever else it may be Picture Quote #1

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Becoming an artist does not merely mean learning something, acquiring professional techniques and methods. Indeed, as someone has said, in order to write well you have to forget the grammar Picture Quote #1

An artist must find his expression closely linked to his individual experience or else follow in the old grooves resulting in lifeless forms Picture Quote #1

It is for the artist... In portrait painting to put on canvas something more than the face the model wears for that one day; to paint the man, in short, as well as his features Picture Quote #1

I also had this artist friend who’d paint butterflies and things like that on my head Picture Quote #1

The procedure was that an artist got a mural and then he would have anywhere from two to ten assistants depending on the size of the mural and how many assistants he needed, or she needed Picture Quote #1

As both a fine artist and a graphic designer, I specialize in the visual presentation of words Picture Quote #1

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Really it was the first time in my life that I recognised that acting is, I’m just going to say it, I am an artist, I have to do this, I have to do this Picture Quote #1

It’s nice if people ask to use your song. You have to make a decision as an artist how you feel about that Picture Quote #1

I’m the type of artist who touches people, that’s the type of artist that I am Picture Quote #1

You’re going to be entertained. But when you finish hearing me singing, you’re going to want to keep going, and you’re going to keep believing and that’s the kind of artist I am Picture Quote #1

With the pride of an artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists, the small trumpet of your defiance Picture Quote #1

One travels so as to learn once more how to marvel at life in the way a child does. And blessed be the poet, the artist who knows how to keep alive his sense of wonder Picture Quote #1

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The more I grow as an artist, the more I think I become like my father as an artist. The more I diversify, the more I become like my father, which is true to who he was Picture Quote #1

I want a performance style that’s more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish Picture Quote #1

Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me leave to do my utmost Picture Quote #1

There were always people like the pope. They serve a certain function, of course. They subsidize us. But, they don’t create anything and they must never be allowed to stop the artist from creating Picture Quote #1

Read the folklore masters. Go to galleries. Walk in the woods. That’s what you need to be an artist or storyteller Picture Quote #1

My father was a proctologist; my mother was an abstract artist. That’s how I view the world Picture Quote #1

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Little did the artist know, who neglected his appearance in favor of his work, that the years would produce a breed that spent hours meticulously acquiring a neglected look to appear like an artist Picture Quote #1

The artist has never been a dictator, since he understands better than anybody else the variations in human personality Picture Quote #1

An intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a difficult way; an artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way Picture Quote #1

You are right to demand that an artist engage his work consciously, but you confuse two different things: solving the problem and correctly posing the question Picture Quote #1

The person who wants nothing, hopes for nothing, and fears nothing can never be an artist Picture Quote #1

The artist must imitate that which is within the thing, that which is active through form and figure, and discourses to us by symbols Picture Quote #1

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To understand a saint, you must hear the devil’s advocate; and the same is true of the artist (Artist Quotes) The man of genius whether as artist or thinker requires a mass of accidental variations to select from and a rigidly selective process of attention (Artist Quotes) I am an artist, I trade in uncertainty and superstition and cant. I invent dark visions of impossible situations that can never be resolved (Artist Quotes) The mind is like a sea, few are those who dare sail, most stand on the shore and watch. Artist pages (Artist Quotes) New knowledge is only useful in so far as it opens up new vistas for the imagination, and no more so than the old forms which the artist must understand only in order to reject (Artist Quotes) Technical criticism in particular is the despair of the artist... Any picture which makes one conscious first of its technical qualities, good or bad, is not a good picture, whatever else it may be (Artist Quotes) Becoming an artist does not merely mean learning something, acquiring professional techniques and methods. Indeed, as someone has said, in order to write well you have to forget the grammar (Artist Quotes) An artist must find his expression closely linked to his individual experience or else follow in the old grooves resulting in lifeless forms (Artist Quotes) It is for the artist... In portrait painting to put on canvas something more than the face the model wears for that one day; to paint the man, in short, as well as his features (Artist Quotes) I also had this artist friend who’d paint butterflies and things like that on my head (Artist Quotes) The procedure was that an artist got a mural and then he would have anywhere from two to ten assistants depending on the size of the mural and how many assistants he needed, or she needed (Artist Quotes) As both a fine artist and a graphic designer, I specialize in the visual presentation of words (Artist Quotes) Really it was the first time in my life that I recognised that acting is, I’m just going to say it, I am an artist, I have to do this, I have to do this (Artist Quotes) It’s nice if people ask to use your song. You have to make a decision as an artist how you feel about that (Artist Quotes) I’m the type of artist who touches people, that’s the type of artist that I am (Artist Quotes) You’re going to be entertained. But when you finish hearing me singing, you’re going to want to keep going, and you’re going to keep believing and that’s the kind of artist I am (Artist Quotes) With the pride of an artist, you must blow against the walls of every power that exists, the small trumpet of your defiance (Artist Quotes) One travels so as to learn once more how to marvel at life in the way a child does. And blessed be the poet, the artist who knows how to keep alive his sense of wonder (Artist Quotes) The more I grow as an artist, the more I think I become like my father as an artist. The more I diversify, the more I become like my father, which is true to who he was (Artist Quotes) I want a performance style that’s more cerebral and emotional than physical. I want to be a creative artist, not a whirling dervish (Artist Quotes) Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me leave to do my utmost (Artist Quotes) There were always people like the pope. They serve a certain function, of course. They subsidize us. But, they don’t create anything and they must never be allowed to stop the artist from creating (Artist Quotes) Read the folklore masters. Go to galleries. Walk in the woods. That’s what you need to be an artist or storyteller (Artist Quotes) My father was a proctologist; my mother was an abstract artist. That’s how I view the world (Artist Quotes) Little did the artist know, who neglected his appearance in favor of his work, that the years would produce a breed that spent hours meticulously acquiring a neglected look to appear like an artist (Artist Quotes) The artist has never been a dictator, since he understands better than anybody else the variations in human personality (Artist Quotes) An intellectual is a man who says a simple thing in a difficult way; an artist is a man who says a difficult thing in a simple way (Artist Quotes) You are right to demand that an artist engage his work consciously, but you confuse two different things: solving the problem and correctly posing the question (Artist Quotes) The person who wants nothing, hopes for nothing, and fears nothing can never be an artist (Artist Quotes) The artist must imitate that which is within the thing, that which is active through form and figure, and discourses to us by symbols (Artist Quotes)

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