#artist

I'm a performance artist first; I'm a recording artist second. ↗

— Erykah Badu

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I am tapping into a place in you that is unexplored, and very dangerous, but I think essential to the creative life of an artist. ↗

— Brandon Boyd

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The decision to use only the name Christo was made deliberately when we were young because it is difficult for one artist to get established and we wanted to put all the chances on our side. ↗

— Christo

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Failure and its accompanying misery is for the artist his most vital source of creative energy. ↗

— Montgomery Clift

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Our co-founder and company president, Jim Levy, came from a record industry background and understood the marketing and promotion of artists as well as products. So the video game business went from absolutely zero designer credit to something approaching rock star promotion. ↗

— David Crane

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There are many artists that I present that I admit I like less than I do others. But I think that they warrant being presented by my own, personal standards. ↗

— Norman Granz

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Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything. ↗

— Ad Reinhardt

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I am selfish, but that's an attribute that all artists possess. ↗

— Robert Mapplethorpe

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As for an authentic villain, the real thing, the absolute, the artist, one rarely meets him even once in a lifetime. The ordinary bad hat is always in part a decent fellow. ↗

— Sidonie Gabrielle Colette

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Writing is very much a playground - an artistic playground. It's the most fun thing I do. ↗

— Shania Twain

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