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Great Artists Quotes

I think the great artists (..) have always thought with the heart Picture Quote #1

Great art comes from great artists. There’s a bunch of people that are hurt that still couldn’t have made the album that was super-polarizing and redefined the sound of radio Picture Quote #1

I didn’t want to just work within Hollywood when I started a production company. I wanted to be able to collaborate with great artists from all over the world Picture Quote #1

To be quite blunt, I make pictures for money, to pay the rent.There are some great artists in the business. I am not one of them Picture Quote #1

The great artists represent you. The great products represent you. They don’t tell you who you are. But with them, you require less verbiage Picture Quote #1

I like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him Picture Quote #1

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I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me Picture Quote #1

All really great artists, Jackson Pollack, John Cage, Beckett or Joyce - you are never indifferent to them Picture Quote #1

Well, first of all it’s entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we’re great artists Picture Quote #1

Soul music has so many great artists who put their thing down. That’s important Picture Quote #1

There’s not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, people who understand the joy of the imagination Picture Quote #1

People have libraries at home, they have bookshelves, they have CDs. And they sort of try, people try to bring great artists into their lives, into their physical houses and sort of live with portions of them. But they’re not really deeply engaging with them Picture Quote #1

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You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it’s U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they’re gonna be products of their environment Picture Quote #1

The ad business has some of the great artists, but because there are so many, its hard to determine the true gems Picture Quote #1

I cannot avoid condemning all those who, from self-conceit have the pretension to imitate great artists of the past. If their powers of emotion be weak, their powers of expression will be likewise Picture Quote #1

What do great artists do when you see a world around you that’s in turmoil? Some of the best artists make you feel good (hah), they look to the future Picture Quote #1

The Rock’n’Blues Fest is my kind of festival series! It’s always great playing shows with my brother and, add to that, all the other great artists and their bands and this should make for one historic round of concerts Picture Quote #1

It’s often the case that great artists - people like Bruce Springsteen - tend to pick up the subterranean rumblings of profound social change long before the economic statisticians notice them. Changes start long before they become statistics Picture Quote #1

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There’s lots of things that can’t make it in the world that are worth making. There are lots of great artists who never make it, there are lots of great writers who don’t get published - is it still worthwhile? Aren’t we glad people are still doing it? Picture Quote #1

I think I can see people wanting to hear more music-music now as opposed to all hip-hop. You know, which I have nothing against hip-hop. I think some of it is really good. But on the other hand, some of the real great artists are just being lost because they’re not getting the airplay or anything to make them inspired to record again Picture Quote #1

The so-called ‘discoveries’ of the Impressionists could not have been unknown to the old masters; and if they made no use of them, it was because all great artists have renounced the use of effects. And in simplifying nature, they made it all the greater Picture Quote #1

To me, I would much rather be part of a healthy industry than being the only player in a dead industry. There are so many great artists out there. And the goal is to make great movies, you know? So to be successful, quality is the best business plan as I always say Picture Quote #1

Recently, the Germans have developed a tendency to prefer the so-called first (youthful) style of great artists to their mature works. Could it be that they do not realize that their aesthetic criteria, generally speaking, are juvenile? Picture Quote #1

All the children of America, up to age seven or eight or nine or ten - they’re really great artists. So here we’ve got this amazing work that very few people pay any attention to, and it’s not valued by the culture Picture Quote #1

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We’ve always had a tradition in America of hounding our artists to death. Look at the list of our great artists, you see a continual history of defeat, frustration, poverty, alcoholism, drug addiction. The best poets of my generation are all suicides Picture Quote #1

... the great artists ... do not want security, egoistic or materialistic Picture Quote #1

I know that some of the great painters and some of the great artists didn’t even start to ‘peak’, as you say, till they were in their fifties and sixties. And God knows, history is full of artistic people that weren’t even recognized till they were dead and gone Picture Quote #1

But Zarathustra made it clear in which direction the answer lay; it is towards the artist-psychologist, the intuitional thinker. There are very few such men in the world’s literature; the great artists are not thinkers, the great thinkers are seldom artists Picture Quote #1

I’m doing what great artists before me did, like Judy Garland, Sammy Davis, Eddie Cantor. I’m doing what they were doing, not at their level yet, but one day I will be. I’m just happy to be in their company Picture Quote #1

Now, when you look at somebody, it’s not simply, ‘Are you like me or unlike me? Has your culture produced great artists? What are your rituals?’ It’s: ‘Is your culture safe or not? Will it produce terrorists?’ Picture Quote #1

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I think the great artists (..) have always thought with the heart. (Great Artists Quotes) Great art comes from great artists. There’s a bunch of people that are hurt that still couldn’t have made the album that was super-polarizing and redefined the sound of radio (Great Artists Quotes) I didn’t want to just work within Hollywood when I started a production company. I wanted to be able to collaborate with great artists from all over the world. (Great Artists Quotes) To be quite blunt, I make pictures for money, to pay the rent.There are some great artists in the business. I am not one of them. (Great Artists Quotes) The great artists represent you. The great products represent you. They don’t tell you who you are. But with them, you require less verbiage. (Great Artists Quotes) I like Simon Cowell - look at how many great artists have come out of the U.K. because of him. (Great Artists Quotes) I love music and musicians. And seeing great artists dropped from labels was really frustrating and sad to me. (Great Artists Quotes) All really great artists, Jackson Pollack, John Cage, Beckett or Joyce - you are never indifferent to them. (Great Artists Quotes) Well, first of all it’s entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we’re great artists. (Great Artists Quotes) Soul music has so many great artists who put their thing down. That’s important. (Great Artists Quotes) There’s not one major greatest influence on my career. It would be film and great artists and great imagineers - Jim Henson, Walt Disney, Charlie Chaplin, people who understand the joy of the imagination (Great Artists Quotes) People have libraries at home, they have bookshelves, they have CDs. And they sort of try, people try to bring great artists into their lives, into their physical houses and sort of live with portions of them. But they’re not really deeply engaging with them (Great Artists Quotes) You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it’s U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they’re gonna be products of their environment (Great Artists Quotes) The ad business has some of the great artists, but because there are so many, its hard to determine the true gems. (Great Artists Quotes) I cannot avoid condemning all those who, from self-conceit have the pretension to imitate great artists of the past. If their powers of emotion be weak, their powers of expression will be likewise (Great Artists Quotes) What do great artists do when you see a world around you that’s in turmoil? Some of the best artists make you feel good (hah), they look to the future (Great Artists Quotes) The Rock’n’Blues Fest is my kind of festival series! It’s always great playing shows with my brother and, add to that, all the other great artists and their bands and this should make for one historic round of concerts (Great Artists Quotes) It’s often the case that great artists - people like Bruce Springsteen - tend to pick up the subterranean rumblings of profound social change long before the economic statisticians notice them. Changes start long before they become statistics (Great Artists Quotes) There’s lots of things that can’t make it in the world that are worth making. There are lots of great artists who never make it, there are lots of great writers who don’t get published - is it still worthwhile? Aren’t we glad people are still doing it? (Great Artists Quotes) I think I can see people wanting to hear more music-music now as opposed to all hip-hop. You know, which I have nothing against hip-hop. I think some of it is really good. But on the other hand, some of the real great artists are just being lost because they’re not getting the airplay or anything to make them inspired to record again (Great Artists Quotes) The so-called ‘discoveries’ of the Impressionists could not have been unknown to the old masters; and if they made no use of them, it was because all great artists have renounced the use of effects. And in simplifying nature, they made it all the greater (Great Artists Quotes) To me, I would much rather be part of a healthy industry than being the only player in a dead industry. There are so many great artists out there. And the goal is to make great movies, you know? So to be successful, quality is the best business plan as I always say (Great Artists Quotes) Recently, the Germans have developed a tendency to prefer the so-called first (youthful) style of great artists to their mature works. Could it be that they do not realize that their aesthetic criteria, generally speaking, are juvenile? (Great Artists Quotes) All the children of America, up to age seven or eight or nine or ten - they’re really great artists. So here we’ve got this amazing work that very few people pay any attention to, and it’s not valued by the culture (Great Artists Quotes) We’ve always had a tradition in America of hounding our artists to death. Look at the list of our great artists, you see a continual history of defeat, frustration, poverty, alcoholism, drug addiction. The best poets of my generation are all suicides. (Great Artists Quotes) ... the great artists ... do not want security, egoistic or materialistic. (Great Artists Quotes) I know that some of the great painters and some of the great artists didn’t even start to ‘peak’, as you say, till they were in their fifties and sixties. And God knows, history is full of artistic people that weren’t even recognized till they were dead and gone. (Great Artists Quotes) But Zarathustra made it clear in which direction the answer lay; it is towards the artist-psychologist, the intuitional thinker. There are very few such men in the world’s literature; the great artists are not thinkers, the great thinkers are seldom artists. (Great Artists Quotes) I’m doing what great artists before me did, like Judy Garland, Sammy Davis, Eddie Cantor. I’m doing what they were doing, not at their level yet, but one day I will be. I’m just happy to be in their company. (Great Artists Quotes) Now, when you look at somebody, it’s not simply, ‘Are you like me or unlike me? Has your culture produced great artists? What are your rituals?’ It’s: ‘Is your culture safe or not? Will it produce terrorists?’ (Great Artists Quotes)

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