#artist

I met Robert Crumb in 1962; he lived in Cleveland for a while. I took a look at his stuff. Crumb was doing stuff beyond what other writers and artists were doing. It was a step beyond Mad. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#beyond #cleveland #crumb #doing #his

People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there are some artists who have credited me with influencing them. ↗

— Harvey Pekar

#artists #credited #i #influenced #influencing

Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance. ↗

— Nancy Pelosi

#artist #could #day #economy #health

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. ↗

— Pablo Picasso

#artists #children #grows #how #once

Seeing how those companies operate, it didn't amount to a massive vote of confidence in their artists. There was talk of me going to Columbia after that, but nothing happened. I got disillusioned, and I pulled back. ↗

— Madeleine Peyroux

#amount #artists #back #columbia #companies

I don't think you can spend too much time as an artist believing what other people think. ↗

— Liz Phair

#believing #i #much #other #people

So how does Liz Phair feel about Lana Del Rey? Well, as a recording artist, I've been hated, I've been ridiculed, and conversely, hailed as the second coming. All that matters in the end is that I've been heard. ↗

— Liz Phair

#artist #been #coming #conversely #del

Women artists need to break barriers in order for women's experience to be valuable. ↗

— Liz Phair

#barriers #break #experience #need #order

You have to do what you need to do as an artist. You have to have that courage. ↗

— Liz Phair

#courage #need #you

You know, you become an artist, you become an observer, of life, and you digest life by making art about it. ↗

— Liz Phair

#art #artist #become #digest #know