#artist

I hope we can be consummate artists as women or revolutionaries, or whatever women want to be, and also have love, not only for ourselves but from a partner. ↗

— Laura Dern

#artists #consummate #hope #i #love

Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire. ↗

— John Dewey

#desire #heart #memory #nearer #reality

I don't know if there are artists out there who love their own records. I haven't met any, and I'm kind of extreme in the other direction, but therein lies the impetus to keep working and keep making new songs and new records. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#artists #direction #extreme #haven #i

I grew up in an artists' community in New York, in a building that was government-subsidised for artists. No one made any money, but they made art for the sake of art. ↗

— Vin Diesel

#art #artists #building #community #grew

Admittedly, it is really our duty, as artists, to hold up a mirror to our own era; but, on the other hand, these works have lives of their own, and they're still alive today. ↗

— Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

#alive #artists #duty #era #hand

How can people think that artists seek a name? There is no such thing as an artist - only the world, lit or unlit, as the world allows. ↗

— Annie Dillard

#artist #artists #how #lit #name

When a young artist is ready, one has to bring him into the limelight. ↗

— Placido Domingo

#bring #him #into #limelight #ready

The really magical things are the ones that happen right in front of you. A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a bit more intention, you see it. ↗

— Vik Muniz

#awesome #beauty #brazil #inspiration #vik-muniz

You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it's U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they're gonna be products of their environment. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#down #environment #go #gonna #great

I believe people may have a predisposition for artistic creativity. It doesn't mean they're going to make it. ↗

— Rita Dove

#believe #creativity #going #i #i believe