#artist

It wasn't not being famous any more, or even not being a recording artist. It was having nobody who needed me, no phones ringing, nothing to do. Because I'm still too young to do nothing. I was only 24 when all that happened. Now, at 40, I feel I've got more to give than I ever have. ↗

— Gary Barlow

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And I had worked at the comic-book store almost by accident, because I was deciding to make a living as an artist, be it as an art tutor or illustrator, and that's how I wanted to make my living. ↗

— Brian Michael Bendis

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I always found the concept of a tortured artist distasteful. ↗

— Jeff Tweedy

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Data is what distinguishes the dilettante from the artist. ↗

— George V. Higgins

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For us chess players the language of artist is something natural. ↗

— Vladimir Kramnik

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Hubris itself will not let you be an artist. ↗

— Larry Wall

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Dive again and again into the river of uncertainty. Create in the dark, only then can you recognize the light. ↗

— Jyrki Vainonen

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Art is a collaboration between God and the artist, and the less the artist does, the better. ↗

— YourLeo

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The hardest thing is to do something which is close to nothing because it is demanding all of you. ↗

— Marina Abramović

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Even in modern art, artists have used methods based on calculation, inasmuch as these elements, alongside those of a more personal and emotional nature, give balance and harmony to any work of art. ↗

— Max Bill

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