#artist

For I must tell you that we artists cannot tread the path of Beauty without Eros keeping company with us and appointing himself as our guide. ↗

— Thomas Mann

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The best artists know what to leave out. ↗

— Charles de Lint

#best #know #leave #out

Artists should always think of themselves as cosmic instruments for storytelling. ↗

— Ted Lange

#artists #cosmic #instruments #should #storytelling

I've put in as many as 40 weeks a year on stage. It is lonely and restricted, as all artistic life must necessarily be. ↗

— Lillie Langtry

#i #life #lonely #many #must

There are many kinds of movies in Hong Kong. Some are commercial and others are more artistic. ↗

— Andy Lau

#commercial #hong #hong kong #kinds #kong

I couldn't love a woman who inspired me to be totally disinterested. If I fell in love with a woman for an artistic reason, or from the point of view of my work, I think it would rob her of something. ↗

— Yves Saint Laurent

#disinterested #fell #her #i #i think

Artists of many diverse types began using simple forms to their own ends. ↗

— Sol LeWitt

#began #diverse #ends #forms #many

Artists teach critics what to think. Critics repeat what the artists teach them. ↗

— Sol LeWitt

#critics #repeat #teach #them #think

I believe that the artist's involvement in the capitalist structure is disadvantageous to the artist and forces him to produce objects in order to live. ↗

— Sol LeWitt

#believe #capitalist #disadvantageous #forces #him

When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another. ↗

— Sol LeWitt

#art #artists #make #one thing #permissible