Young Artists Quotes

• There comes a moment in a young artist's life when he knows he has to bring something to the stage from within himself. He has to put in something in order to be able to take something.

  Mikhail Baryshnikov

  Dance, Artist, Order

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• I would say being deeply involved in the art world would help keep a young artist on track. Doing what you love, so that your focus is your artistry.

  Jada Pinkett Smith

  Art, Doing What You Love, Track

  "Kaleidoscope: The Many Shades of Jada, from TV Nurse to Karate Kid's Mom". Interview with Kam Williams, communityjournal.net. June 14, 2010.

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• I think the Internet gives too much for a young artist to compare themselves too. I'm not sure that "notes" or "likes" are what we should be aspiring to, but the Internet means something different to me because I've always been primarily interested in publishing physical books.

  Liz Prince

  Book, Mean, Thinking

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• When I was a young artist, I liked and was interested in belonging to the mainstream comics group. I didnt introduce myself as an author, but only as a designer.

  David Mazzucchelli

  Artist, Groups, Designer

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• If you're a young artist, wondering what to call yourself, consider 'multimedia artist.' It's so vague. Then, no one can say, 'Hey, how come you're a jazz person, and you're making a pop opera?

  Laurie Anderson

  Artist, Hey, Opera

  "Laurie Anderson on scuplting sounds with Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel and her unique duet machine", daily.redbullmusicacademy.com.

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• The rise of the Internet has caused the demise of the record labels, and has destroyed the music business of old, but it's also created new opportunities for young artists.

  Judy Collins

  Artist, Opportunity, Labels

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• The artist is the lowest form of life on the rung of the ladder. The publishers are usually businessmen who deal with businessmen. They deal with promotional people. They deal with financial people. They deal with accountants. They deal with people who work on higher levels. They deal with tax people, but have absolutely no interest in artists, in individual artists, especially very young artists.

  Jack Kirby

  Artist, People, Ladders

  Interview with Gary Groth, www.tcj.com. February 1990.

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• I'm only concerned with making music that I love and that my fans will respond to. I am happy to see other really good young artists able to flourish and pursue their careers.

  Hoodie Allen

  Artist, Careers, Able

  Source: www.controltheriot.co.uk

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• As nice as some of the booths are, it's not the same thing. It's a pity for young artists, because one of the things that a younger artist can look forward to is an emerging dealer who has a space that they can take over and build whatever will suit whatever aesthetic they find themselves in. In an art fair, you turn yourself into an object.

  Lawrence Weiner

  Art, Nice, Space

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• I think a philistine environment should be bracing for young artists. You have to make your own enjoyment, you've got to make your own art.

  Michael Longley

  Art, Thinking, Environment

  Scottish Review of Books Interview, www.scottishreviewofbooks.org. October 19, 2009.

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• The last thing a young artist should do in poetry or any other field is think about whats in style, whats current, what are the trends. Think instead of what you like to read, what do you admire, what you like to listen to in music. What do you like to look at in architecture? Try to make a poem that has some of those qualities.

  Robert Pinsky

  Thinking, Artist, Style

  "On Living Merrily and Trusting Good Verses" by Robert Pinsky, bigthink.com.

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• Rachael Sage is a marvelous young artist- and I am a fan!! 'Haunted by You' has a beauty that shines through her lyrics and melodies-- poignant, tender and tough. These are stories from the heart that will lift you up and carry you to places you had never dreamed.

  Judy Collins

  Heart, Artist, Shining

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• It's very important that young artists push boundaries, because sometimes you have this urge to do something - like the impulsive and dangerous urges I had as a child - and if you don't follow through with it you might miss out on a developmental experience.

  Marina Abramovic

  Children, Artist, Missing

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• When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight.

  Placido Domingo

  Artist, Limelight, Young

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• We think it hugely important to support young artists, there is a war against that kind of artistry, that kind of creation...When somebody is 19 years old, they're gonna do what they're gonna do just like we did... For me the most important thing was for him to know anytime he can call and I'll come whatever happens.

  Will Smith

  War, Artist, Thinking

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• When a young artist asks me a question, I want to do what I can to give them an answer if I have it within me. I know what I know. I won't make up stuff. But if it's something I've been through, I'll share my experiences and tell them the truth.

  Michael Tait

  Artist, Giving, Want

  Source: www.beliefnet.com

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• To the Young Artists of Italy! The cry of rebellion that we launch, linking our ideals with those of the Futurist poets, does not originate in an aesthetic clique. It expresses the violent desire that stirs in the veins of every creative artist today.

  Umberto Boccioni

  Artist, Creative, Desire

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• It is only after years of struggle and deprivation that the young artist should touch color - and then only in the company of his betters.

  El Greco

  Struggle, Artist, Color

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• There's nothing like a little fear or hunger to motivate one's inspiration. To take that away from a young artist can offer quite a disservice.

  Ken Danby

  Motivation, Inspiration, Artist

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• I was poorer than anyone I'd ever met. But it was a great time to be a young artist - I remember it as a period of exceptional creative freedom and adventure, when one was regularly presented with works of art unlike anything one had ever seen before.

  Michael Craig-Martin

  Art, Adventure, Creative

  Source: briansherwin-artcritic.blogspot.com

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• The biggest problem that I see that young artists have is they aren't willing to fail. And unless you fail a lot, I think it's difficult to find a voice that shouts above the crowds.

  Jacob Hashimoto

  Artist, Thinking, Voice

  Source: www.designboom.com

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• The more hedonistic you were, the better...I very much subscribed to that as a young artist.

  Rufus Wainwright

  Artist, Young, Hedonistic

  "Rufus Wainwright: 'A Diaper Is As Inspiring As a Drink'". Interview with Julia Lurie, www.motherjones.com. March 24, 2014.

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• I believe the future will reflect different body types, ethnicities, cultures and sexual orientations. I've been working with a lot of young artists who really project an androgynous and inclusive approach to the world. I'm very inspired by that.

  Nelly Furtado

  Believe, Artist, Ethnicity

  Source: www.macleans.ca

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• There are a lot of young artists that are dope.

  Keith Sweat

  Artist, Dope, Young

  Source: youknowigotsoul.com

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• Of course, people will call you an old artist or young artist, which is just a character of you. But personally, I don't think my work and my understanding of art is so much related to being Chinese, but the character of that. Maybe it's beyond my own consciousness.

  Ai Weiwei

  Art, Character, Thinking

  Interview with Claudine Ko, www.mcsweeneys.net. 2007.

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