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• A true artist is someone who gives birth to a new reality.

  Plato

  Artist, Reality, Giving

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• It has always been my belief that the true artist, like the true scientist, is a researcher using materials and techniques to dig into the truth and meaning of the world in which he himself lives; and what he creates, or better perhaps, brings back, are the objective results of his explorations. The measure of his talent--of his genius, if you will--is the richness he finds in such a life's voyage of discovery and the effectiveness with which he is able to embody it through his chosen medium.

  Paul Strand

  Artist, Effectiveness, Discovery

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• Every true artist feels that he is touching transcendental truths; that his images are shadows of things seen through the veil.

  Gilbert K. Chesterton

  Artist, Touching, Shadow

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• Every artist, true artist, struggles with an overwhelming sense of feeling like you're not worthy.

  Viola Davis

  Struggle, Artist, Feelings

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• In the inner place where true artists create there exists a pure child.

  Lawren Harris

  Children, Artist, Innocence

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• True artists pursue greatness in craft in order to give the Lord the best fruit of the talent He has given them, not to build themselves up. They understand that true greatness is found in the heart of the servant.

  Charlie Peacock

  Heart, Artist, Greatness

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• Creativity is not enough... the skill of the true artist is to show the real in the light of the ideal and so transfigure it.

  Roger Scruton

  Real, Creativity, Artist

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• A true artist never portrays to please, but to show.

  Christian Morgenstern

  Artist, Shows, Please

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• The true artist can only labor con amore.

  Victor Hugo

  Art, Artist, Labor

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• Every mother should endeavor to be a true artist.

  Frances Harper

  Mother, Artist, Should

  Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Frances Smith Foster (1990). “A Brighter Coming Day: A Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Reader”, p.286, Feminist Press at CUNY

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• Departure from the literal aspect, rather than mechanical exactness, is the code of the true artist. However, departures are the result of studied intent rather than inability.

  Edgar Alwin Payne

  Artist, Inability, Departure

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• Transforming leadership, [is defined as] leadership that builds on man's need for meaning, leadership that creates institutional purpose ... he is the value-shaper, the exemplar, the maker of meanings ... he is the true artist, the true pathfinder.

  Tom Peters

  Artist, Men, Needs

  "In Search of Excellence". Book by Tom Peters and Robert H. Waterman, Jr., 1982.

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• The true artist and the sane collector never will tolerate insincerity and impudence.

  Walter J. Phillips

  Artist, Insincerity, Tolerate

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• The true artist is known by what he annexes, and he annexes everything.

  Oscar Wilde

  Artist, Known

  Oscar Wilde (2012). “The Wit and Humor of Oscar Wilde”, p.59, Courier Corporation

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• Michael Jackson was extraordinary. When we worked together on 'Bad,' I was in awe of his absolute mastery of movement on the one hand, and of the music on the other. Every step he took was absolutely precise and fluid at the same time. It was like watching quicksilver in motion. He was wonderful to work with, an absolute professional at all times, and it really goes without saying... a true artist. It will be a while before I can get used to the idea that he's no longer with us.

  Martin Scorsese

  Artist, Ideas, Hands

  "Music World Mourns Michael Jackson's Death: Madonna, Britney, Justin & Many More Paid Tribute". top40-charts.com. June 26, 2009.

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• Make this decision today. Will you be a good and honest writer, or would you rather be famous, loved, noticed? Tell me, because there are different paths for these two divergent goals. The decision to be a true artist is lonelier and slower, but it will lead to better work and, I think, a better life. Very rarely you will be a good and honest writer and also know a little comfort and some attention and the well wishes of a crowd. This is very rare.

  Tennessee Williams

  Artist, Thinking, Two

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• I learned how difficult it is to be an artist. There are always compromises. The record company wants you to do this, your fans want you to do this, your family, you can't concentrate on your work. It's a hard thing to be an artist and not give up. That's why I have so much respect for people like Dylan and Neil Young and Tom Waits, because they keep at it. I have a new respect for a true artist.

  Robert Hilburn

  Giving Up, Artist, People

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• What is it at which all true artists are aiming? It is life, it is reality.

  John Edgar Park

  Artist, Reality

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• They[ Lana and Andy Wachowski]are true artists. They really are trying to say something and trying to create something original, and there aren't that many people who do that.

  Daryl Hannah

  Artist, People, Trying

  "SENSE8 Interview: Daryl Hannah Reflects on Performing in the Wachowskis’ Latest Project". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. June 10, 2015.

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• Actually, the true gourmet, like the true artist, is one of the unhappiest creatures existent. His trouble comes from so seldom finding what he constantly seeks: perfection.

  Ludwig Bemelmans

  Food, Artist, Perfection

  Ludwig Bemelmans (1964). “La bonne table”

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• A true artist, in my mind, is willing to fail sometimes, because if you're not brave enough to say yes and follow your gut, it's never going to be good.

  Alexander Skarsgard

  Artist, Bravery, Mind

  "Alexander Skarsgård: Interview with a vampire". Interview with Aaron Hicklin, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2011.

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• How would you define [Bob] Dylan? You can't. That's a true artist. How about Ray Charles? Can you classify Ray Charles? No, you can't. He's just great, period.

  George Thorogood

  Artist, Rays, Bob

  Source: lynnhappens.com

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• People will always blame the poets for society's ills. But these are the true artists.

  Russell Simmons

  Artist, People, Blame

  "More Questions with Russell Simmons". content.time.com. May 3, 2007.

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• Of course Nebraska is a storehouse of literary material. Everywhere is a storehouse of literary material. If a true artist were born in a pigpen and raised in a sty, he would still find plenty of inspiration for his work. The only need is the eye to see.

  Willa Cather

  Inspiration, Eye, Artist

  Willa Cather (1990). “Willa Cather in Person: Interviews, Speeches, and Letters”, p.46, U of Nebraska Press

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• The True Artist has the planet for his pedestal; the adventurer, after years of strife, has nothing broader than his shoes.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Art, Adventure, Years

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, Robert Ernest Spiller, Alfred Riggs Ferguson, Wallace E. Williams, Joseph Slater (1987). “The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Representative men: seven lectures”, p.5, Harvard University Press

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