#artist

Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work. ↗

— Paddy Chayefsky

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Part of the joy of looking at art is getting in sync in some ways with the decision-making process that the artist used and the record that's embedded in the work. ↗

— Chuck Close

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I think too many artists from my era tend to just stamp out a record. ↗

— Christopher Cross

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I'm going to become the best-remembered artist of my generation by staying away from the party as often as possible. That way, people will remember me, not because I was great, but because I didn't cause them any later embarrassment. ↗

— Julian Cope

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You don't see artists sitting around a lot, talking about ideology. They find out what they believe, and what they're doing, by doing it. ↗

— Peter Coyote

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That is what the title of artist means: one who perceives more than his fellows, and who records more than he has seen. ↗

— Edward Gordon Craig

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The ego must be developed, not for its own sake, but because it is needed by society. If you are only interested in self-realisation then you cannot make a good painting. To do this you have to have thought about forming and about how ideas of forming stem from history. ↗

— Joseph Bueys

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A poet is simply an artist whose medium is human emotions.  A poet chisels away at our own sensibilities, shaping our vision while molding our hearts.  A poet wraps words around our own feelings and presents them as fresh gifts to humanity. ↗

— Richelle E. Goodrich

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Many of the artists who have represented Negro life have seen only the comic, ludicrous side of it, and have lacked sympathy with and appreciation for the warm big heart that dwells within such a rough exterior. ↗

— Henry Ossawa Tanner

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An artist cannot fail; it is a success to be one. ↗

— Charles Horton Cooley

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