#artist

Fred Astaire is my hero. I love him because he was willing to kill himself to make his art look effortless. And because he proved it's possible to be an artist and a good person. ↗

— Connie Willis

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If you are handed something, it's a blessing and a curse. Look at hip hop artists, they produced everything themselves. Even people like Robert De Niro are getting into production. Again, it's art vs. marketing. Not everyone can take the risk. You have to break a few eggs to make a good omelet. ↗

— Michael Winslow

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No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#artist #cease #did #ever #great

No one likes to work for free. To copy an artist's work and download it free is stealing. It's hard work writing and recording music, and it's morally wrong to steal it. ↗

— Gary Wright

#copy #download #free #hard #hard work

Artists were nurtured back in the '70s. Their music was developed by the record companies. ↗

— Gary Wright

#back #companies #developed #music #nurtured

I will be developing artists for my new label. The rest is in God's Hands. ↗

— Gary Wright

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As a kid I quite fancied the romantic, Bohemian idea of being an artist. I expect I thought I could escape from the difficulties of maths and spelling. Maybe I thought I would avoid the judgement of the establishment. ↗

— Peter Wright

#avoid #being #bohemian #could #difficulties

Those nations of artists, finding their own individualism, and kind of standing against the world: to me that's the ultimate nightmare. I want to get lost and diffused in the world. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#artists #diffused #finding #get #i

A lot of artists have really been supportive over the years. ↗

— Al Yankovic

#been #lot #over #really #supportive

I have a long-standing history of respecting artists' wishes. ↗

— Al Yankovic

#history #i #long-standing #respecting #wishes