#artist

Sometime during the mid-50s I said, 'I am an artist.' Before that, for many years, I had said, 'I'm going to be an artist.' Then I went through a change of mind and a change of heart. What made 'going to be an artist' into 'being an artist', was, in part, a spiritual change. ↗

— Jasper Johns

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The only logical thing I can think of is that I knew there were such things as artists, and I knew there were none where I lived. So I knew that to be an artist you had to be somewhere else. And I very much wanted to be somewhere else. ↗

— Jasper Johns

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This image of wanting to be an artist - that I would in some way become an artist -was very strong. I knew for a long, long time that that's what I would be. But nothing I ever did seemed to bring me any nearer to the condition of being an artist. And I didn't know how to do it. ↗

— Jasper Johns

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To be an artist you have to give up everything, including the desire to be a good artist. ↗

— Jasper Johns

#desire #everything #give #good #including

I always saw myself as a multi media artist. ↗

— Holly Johnson

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We wanted to interview people on the show, do variety, get the artists, the guests involved with us in our group. They wanted to keep the four guys together. We wanted to change the format. ↗

— Davy Jones

#change #format #four #get #group

There are so many things I want to do. Like, I want to get an artist, a musician, a photographer, and a bunch of dancers that I know and just travel across Africa and just film it and just see what happens. Do and learn as much as I possibly can. Luckily, I have a lot more time. ↗

— Channing Tatum

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The press will naturally come and go as it has done with all artists, from David Bowie to Neil Young to U2. ↗

— Kelly Jones

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For a young artist to really make it and make money is a lot more difficult these days. ↗

— Norah Jones

#days #difficult #lot #make #money

I am very conscious of who I am as an artist and as an inspirational person. ↗

— R. Kelly

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