#artist

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life? ↗

— Aldous Huxley

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I always wanted to be an artist, whatever that was, like other chicks want to be stewardesses. I read. I painted. I thought. ↗

— Janis Joplin

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I see little of more importance to the future of our country and of civilization than full recognition of the place of the artist. If art is to nourish the roots of our culture, society must set the artist free to follow his vision wherever it takes him. ↗

— Pauline Kael

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It seems likely that many of the young who don't wait for others to call them artists, but simply announce that they are, don't have the patience to make art. ↗

— Pauline Kael

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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists. ↗

— Karen Kain

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To be able to make decisions and see them come to fruition and feel the excitement around them, what it generates within the company, how the artists get motivated - that's the most rewarding part; feeling I can be a catalyst for an artistic experience for our artists and for the public. ↗

— Karen Kain

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The trouble with being a ghostwriter or artist is that you must remain rather anonymously without credit. If one wants the credit, one has to cease being a ghost and become a leader or innovator. ↗

— Bob Kane

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For English assignments I was constantly coming up with these strange adventure stories... But I actually wanted to be an artist, or maybe work in the comic book industry. ↗

— Paul Kane

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Every artistic expression is either influenced by or adds something to politics. ↗

— Dario Fo

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I also had this artist friend who'd paint butterflies and things like that on my head. ↗

— Persis Khambatta

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