Quotes About Artistry

Artists lead unglamorous daily lives of discipline and routine, but their work is full of passion. Each has a vision and feels responsibility to that vision.

It's funny, I think after you are a star like Sting and you no longer think you need any guidance or aid - it would be great to see those stars work with other songwriters.

The germ of an idea doesn't make the sculpture that stands up... so the next stage is hard work

I have been very lucky to work in so many new ballets, but that is what a dancer's work is.

I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me.

My first love is writing and producing. So I sometimes put my own stuff off to work on other people's projects.

I finally feel content with my work. My fruit has started to ripen. I'm able to dissect emotion properly and distill it into a song that reverberates in a truthful place.

A writer, or any artist, can't expect to be embraced by the people [but] you just keep doing your work - because you have to, because it's your calling.

I never thought of being a performer, never thought of being a singer, never thought of being a photographer. It's just the trajectory of my work. I go to the medium that serves the vision.

I have always had a certain rhythmic approach to my work.

There is no substitute for skill. It is the priceless possession of every great artist in every field of endeavor. It is instinctly felt by an audience and is reflected in the superiority of his work

Many fiction writers eventually want to feel that their work forms a single, unified entity.

I'm not so interested in the effort that it takes to have a self-promotional outlook. I believe in being quiet and making my work and just trying to make discoveries and let the painting evolve.

The good work proceeds with tenacity, intention, without interruption, with an equal measure of passion and reason and it must surpass that goal the artist has set for himself.

My dreams are my work. I design out of the things that I love.

In a way, a lot of my work is in the re-writing once it is cast, as I adapt to the rhythms of how the roles are played out by the actors.

Each man of us is living his own personal work of art, and cannot evade artistic responsibility for his product.

My body is a gradual work of art

True muses stay dreams forever unless artists connect them to exploratory work.

I know intuitively when the work is right, no training can teach you this, it is simply a matter of feeling.

Im hoping that a lifetime of compromise and disappointment will read as extra depth and layers in my work.

There isn't an aspect of book creation I don't enjoy, and there has always been a book in my life to dream about or work on.

Always keep your best work.

Next to occupation is the building up of good taste. That is difficult, slow work. Few achieve it. It means all the difference in the world in the end.