Artist Quotes - Page 18

• No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.

  Beck

  Art, Design, Should

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• Any artist should be grateful for a naive grace which puts him beyond the need to reason elaborately.

  Saul Bellow

  Grateful, Grace, Needs

  Foreword to "The Closing of the American Mind" by Allan Bloom, 1987.

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• I have a vision of artists putting into film, drama, literature, music, and paintings great themes and great characters from the Book of Mormon.

  Ezra Taft Benson

  Drama, Book, Character

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• Ever since the Greek tragedies, artists have, from time to time, asked themselves how they might influence ongoing political events.

  John Berger

  Political, Greek, Tragedy

  "The beginning of history" by John Berger, www.theguardian.com. August 24, 2004.

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• For the artist, drawing is discovery. And that is not just a slick phrase; it is quite literally true.

  John Berger

  Discovery, Drawing, Phrases

  John Berger (2008). “Selected Essays of John Berger”, p.30, Vintage

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• A drawing is essentially a private work, related only to the artist's own needs; a 'finished' statue or canvas is essentially a public, presented work - related far more directly to the demands of communication.

  John Berger

  Communication, Drawing, Needs

  John Berger (2008). “Selected Essays of John Berger”, p.31, Vintage

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• As an artist I have an even more abiding interest in the compact between the Arts and Government.

  Theodore Bikel

  Art, Government, Abiding

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• But, when I toil in the field of Jewish culture which I frequently do, I am indeed a Jewish artist.

  Theodore Bikel

  Toil, Culture, Fields

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• Despite a large body of work in films, TV, theatre and concerts, I am viewed by many as a Jewish artist. I do not resent the label, except for the fact that I disapprove of labels in general.

  Theodore Bikel

  Theatre, Labels, Body

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• Sometimes when I write lyrics there are images in them, usually on a quite simplistic level, like colors. But most often music comes first and then later I sit down with visual people and we chat about what we want to do. I don't look at myself as a visual artist. I make music.

  Bjork

  Writing, Color, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Both read the Bible day and night, but thou read black where I read white.

  William Blake

  Bible, Night, White

  William Blake, “The Everlasting Gospel”

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• Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.

  William Blake

  Sympathy, Laughing, Joy

  William Blake (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)”, p.202, Delphi Classics

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• He who would do good to another must do it in Minute Particulars: general Good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite, and flatterer, for Art and Science cannot exist but in minutely organized Particulars.

  William Blake

  Art, Hypocrite, Politics

  Jerusalem ch. 3, plate 55, l. 60 (1815)

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• You cannot have Liberty in this world without what you call Moral Virtue, and you cannot have Moral Virtue without the slavery of that half of the human race who hate what you call Moral Virtue.

  William Blake

  Hate, Race, Liberty

  William Blake (1966). “Complete Writings: With Variant Readings”, p.616, Oxford University Press, USA

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• Lives in eternity's sun rise.

  William Blake

  Sun, Eternity, Sun Rise

  'MS Note-Book' p. 99 'Several Questions Answered' - "He who binds to himself a joy"

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• Nowadays, with the state of the music business, for any artist, whether you're up-and-coming or you've been in it for awhile, you have to explore different revenues and different ways of expressing yourself.

  Mary J. Blige

  Different, Way, Express Yourself

  "Mary J. Blige Interview THE HELP". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. August 10, 2011.

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• I am honored I have performed 'Quizas Quizas Quizas' with Jennifer Lopez, an eclectic artist who thanks to the charismatic power of her voice and to her soft sensuality, has managed to make this song particularly convincing.

  Andrea Bocelli

  Song, Voice, Thanks

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• I think carrying moral baggage is very dangerous for an artist. If you have a duty, it's to be true and not cover up the cracks.

  Bono

  Thinking, Cracks, Cover Ups

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• Technology is huge; I wanted to learn about it. People might say that's odd, but I think it's odd if artists aren't interested in the world around them. I'm always chasing that.

  Bono

  Technology, Thinking, People

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• The great music for so many artists - the Beatles, the Rolling Stones - was always at the moment when they were closest to pop. It would be easy for U2 to go off and have a concept album, but I want us to stay in the pop fray.

  Bono

  Rolling, Albums, Would Be

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• Doing graphic novels is cool! It's fun! You get to write something, and then see it visually page by page, panel by panel, working with the artist, you get to see it fleshed out.

  Anthony Bourdain

  Fun, Writing, Pages

  "Interview: Anthony Bourdain Is Ready To 'Get Jiro' With His New Food Focused Graphic Novel". Interview with Alex Zalben, www.mtv.com. June 26, 2012.

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• I suppose for me as an artist it wasn't always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture that I was living in. It just seemed like a challenge to move it a little bit towards the way I thought it might be interesting to go.

  David Bowie

  Moving, Interesting, Challenges

  "We'll miss you, David Bowie" by Dylan Jones, www.gq-magazine.co.uk. January 11, 2016.

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• I think that what most artists are trying to do is trying to understand. I think what distinguishes creative people and/or artists from another type of person is perhaps a willingness to go headlong into that uncertainty.

  Brandon Boyd

  Thinking, People, Creative

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• Female artists are the perfect example of a creator: They know how to make life and art with their bodies. Life comes from their bodies, so on a very basic level, they have more to write about.

  Brandon Boyd

  Art, Writing, Perfect

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• I am a hip-hop artist, as you probably know. My hip-hop name is Big Smalls.

  Jo Brand

  Names, Hip Hop, Hips

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