Quotes About Artist

To be a songwriter-singer means the songs come from deep within, and you treat them as an artist, with that much respect. I couldn't hardly cheat myself.

The artist forges himself to the others, midway between the beauty he cannot do without and the community he cannot tear himself away from. That is why true artists scorn nothing: they are obliged to understand rather than to judge.

I like Kendrick as an artist. He's witty and he's smart when he's spitting in his lyrics. And he's crafty.

This is just rap. I'm not trying to make people think I'm some sort of scientific wizard or inspirational poet.

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.

I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not the devil either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged.

I think that putting merchandising into the hands of the artist themselves is one of the best things for the artist.

Regardless of theology or however you see life or relate to worshiping God, as an artist, my job is to tell the truth and then try to connect with these characters and people as honestly and deeply as possible.

My theory is the root of a country artist is truth and honesty. For me, I look at Sam Hunt. The truth and the honest thing is we have southern roots, we were raised in a southern way, but we listen to Drake and other stuff, too.

I'm an artist, therefore I think I am sensitive to human pain.

But I really want to be an artist, so therefore I have to live a little bit like a monk.

People in the media, it makes their day when someone they say is a five-star artist goes platinum.

They say your childhood influences your tastes and interests, or your approach if you're an artist. So what you create, whatever you saw, whatever your childhood was like - it influences how you're going to end up.

The most seductive thing about art is the personality of the artist himself.

I stand in support of royalty for singers, but sometimes things happen all of a sudden and you have to sign a contract.

I think of myself as more of a maker than a thinker.

I don't want to be an athlete so much. I groove more with artists and deep thinkers.

I would love for Rivers Cuomo to listen to my music and see what he thinks.

Every time an artiste goes on stage, he thinks 'I hope today goes well and I hope I give my best.' That is important - that little bit of nervousness or tension is what makes you perform better.

Creation is dominated by three absolutely different factors: First, nature, which works upon us by its laws; second, the artist, who creates a spiritual contact with nature and his materials; third, the medium of expression through which the artist translates his inner world.

I read Nietzsche when I was a teenager and then I went back to reading him when I was in my thirties, and his voice spoke directly to me. Nietzsche is such a superb literary artist.

I'm in my early thirties. I live in Los Angeles, California. I'm an artist.

I'd hit thirty, I'd sort of failed as a musician, I'd failed as an artist I felt at the time.

Paul is a very creative artist but I'm more that thorough, meticulous, disciplined nut.