#artist

Let's just say that I think any person who aspires, presumes, or feels the calling to be an artist has a built-in sense of duty. ↗

— Patti Smith

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No, my work does not reflect my sexual preferences, it reflects the fact that I feel total freedom as an artist. ↗

— Patti Smith

#does #fact #feel #freedom #i

The new artists coming through were very materialistic and Hollywood, not so engaged in communication. ↗

— Patti Smith

#coming #communication #engaged #hollywood #materialistic

Artists are expected to fit into fraudulent categories. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#categories #expected #fit #fraudulent #into

Artists themselves are not confined, but their output is. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#artists #confined #output #their #themselves

Cultural confinement takes place when a curator imposes his own limits on an art exhibition, rather than asking an artist to set his limits. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#artist #asking #confinement #cultural #curator

Some artists imagine they've got a hold on this apparatus, which in fact has got a hold of them. As a result, they end up supporting a cultural prison that is out of their control. ↗

— Robert Smithson

#artists #control #cultural #end #fact

You have to find what makes you stable in the storm. Then, no matter what's happening round you, no matter what the hype or the publicity, you can still manage to make leaps in your work as an artist. ↗

— Jimmy Smits

#find #happening #hype #leaps #make

Well, I'm an artist to the core. And my objective has always been to use my talents and my skills to elevate humanity through my art. ↗

— Wesley Snipes

#art #artist #been #core #elevate

TV is a major force in our lives - a FORCE. It must be handled very carefully, both its censure and its artistic honesty. ↗

— Bill Bixby

#both #carefully #censure #force #handled