#artist

An uninspiring canvas becomes a glamorous masterpiece when it is reattributed to a better-known artist. ↗

— Arthur Smith

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I have a suspicion that a lot of artists are trying to get a laugh but, unlike stand-ups, they don't get an immediate response from their audience; a laugh is a rare thing in a gallery. ↗

— Arthur Smith

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No student of history can fail to see the moral interest of the Middle Ages, any more than an artist can fail to see their aesthetic interest. ↗

— Goldwin Smith

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Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star. ↗

— Patti Smith

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It is the artist who realizes that there is a supreme force above him and works gladly away as a small apprentice under God's heaven. ↗

— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing. ↗

— Jo Stafford

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A great chef is an artist that I truly respect. ↗

— Robert Stack

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I'd love to break America, like all artists do. It's a lot of work but, you know, it's got to be done! ↗

— Rachel Stevens

#artists #break #done #got #i

The genuine artist is never "true to life." He sees what is real, but not as we are normally aware of it. We do not go storming through life like actors in a play. Art is never real life. ↗

— Wallace Stevens

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If I could have any artist's work on my sitting room wall it would probably be by Van Gogh or Picasso. ↗

— Juliet Stevenson

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