#artist

The businessman says 'If I don't do it first, somebody else will.' The artist says 'If I don't do it first, nobody else will.' ↗

— LeRoy Neiman

#businessman #else #first #i #nobody

There's no greatest moment in the arts. It's a life, it's a continuity thing. You can't have a great moment because it's spiritual. It's a belief, it's a calling. If you're an artist, doing your own thing on your own, it's while you're doing it that counts. It's a process. If you get too elated, you can get too depressed. ↗

— LeRoy Neiman

#arts #because #belief #calling #continuity

I would like to see more airplay for all artists, no matter what age. I think there's a lot of money being spent toward the young guys, but a lot of the older guys are the ones who blazed the trail for those young guys. ↗

— Willie Nelson

#airplay #artists #being #guys #i

Do you want to be an artist and a writer, or a wife and a lover? With kids, your focus changes. I don't want to go to PTA meetings. ↗

— Stevie Nicks

#artist #changes #focus #go #i

The artistic capability of reinforced concrete is so fantastic - that is the way to go. ↗

— Oscar Niemeyer

#capability #concrete #fantastic #go #reinforced

I conceived of an instrument that would create sound without using any mechanical energy, like the conductor of an orchestra. The orchestra plays mechanically, using mechanical energy; the conductor just moves his hands, and his movements have an effect on the music artistry. ↗

— Leon Theremin

#artistry #conceived #conductor #create #effect

True artists are prophets. I don't want to be that prophetic in that sense because it's so lonely. ↗

— Yoko Ono

#because #i #lonely #prophetic #prophets

Everybody's an artist. Everybody's God. It's just that they're inhibited. ↗

— Yoko Ono

#everybody #god #inhibited #just

The mindset of chasing that next #1 record doesn't exist for me anymore. It's more about being a well-rounded entertainer than being a pop artist. Obviously, it would be wonderful to have a hit record but I don't base my happiness on that anymore. It's about the accomplishment of a project that satisfies me. I just want to enjoy the ride. ↗

— Donny Osmond

#accomplishment #anymore #artist #base #being

No one can make the album they made 10 years ago with a straight face. There are two reasons: one is you change as a person. To be a true artist, I have to be true to who I am now and write that way. And the second thing is these are different times. ↗

— Brad Paisley

#album #am #artist #be true #change