#artist

I admire the abstract expressionists and pop artists so right now I'm referencing American '60s art and at the same time referencing Japanese manga culture. ↗

— Christian Marclay

#admire #american #art #artists #culture

Overall my race hasn't been a problem. I'm a Black artist with White skin. At the end of the day you have to sing what's in your own soul. ↗

— Teena Marie

#been #black #day #end #end of the day

It gives him spiritual freedom. To him life is a tragedy and by his gift of creation he enjoys the catharsis a purging of pity and terror, Which Aristotle tells is the object of art. Everything is transformed by his power into material and by writing it he can overcome it. Everything is grist to his mill. ... The artist is the only free man. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

#freedom #art

When I start to write, words have become physical presence. It was to see if I could bring that private world to life that found its first expression through reading. I really dislike the romantic notion of the artist. ↗

— John McGahern

#become #bring #could #dislike #expression

We were kind of caught up in the genre trap. We didn't really have a lot of artistic freedom. They wanted us to go into a certain direction, so they could promote us easier. ↗

— Mark McGrath

#caught #certain #could #direction #easier

It is only when the mind and imagination are enriched from exposure to the world of beauty, that artistic creativity and inspiration truly becomes manifest. ↗

— Mark Woollacott

#beauty #inspiration #beauty

The best of artists has no conception that the marble alone does not contain within itself. ↗

— Michelangelo

#artists #best #conception #contain #does

Remember: It costs nothing to encourage an artist, and the potential benefits are staggering. A pat on the back to an artist now could one day result in your favorite film, or the cartoon you love to get stoned watching, or the song that saves your life. Discourage an artist, you get absolutely nothing in return, ever. ↗

— Kevin Smith

#artists-life #creativity #decency #discouragement #encouragement

A great thing happening now in art is that artists are using the figure, the body, clothing, life. ↗

— Issey Miyake

#artists #body #clothing #figure #great

The position of the artist if humble. He is essentially a channel. ↗

— Piet Mondrian

#channel #essentially #humble #position