#artist

It is the artist who tries to gradually accustom people to the possibilities of a better state of things. ↗

— C.A. Dawson Scott

#change #creative-vision #creativity #human-nature #world-community

They decided to establish a museum of modern art where works by contemporary artists would be shown. Mother was viewed as a very progressive person, and not everybody liked the paintings she bought. ↗

— David Rockefeller

#artists #bought #contemporary #decided #establish

I think the key is basically just your determination. As far an artist is concerned, it's just about your drive and your dream. ↗

— Chris Brown

#artist #basically #concerned #determination #dream

What are we artists for? We are for showing you what you've wandered for to find the home of your spirit... ↗

— Hiroko Sakai

#inspiration #life #spirit #home

He wasn't, but producers are by definition annoying because they have a different agenda from you. They're trying to stop you spending money and you're trying to not spend money, but at the same time we're great artists. ↗

— Michael Apted

#annoying #artists #because #definition #different

United Artists wanted to do records with me. I had no idea, what a rare thing that was... to make an album. And they put a guy with me working on songs, and I got busy with films. I just kind of let it slide. Isn't that amazing? ↗

— John Astin

#amazing #artists #busy #films #got

Blanche is written with a terrible authority, the authority that comes from artistic necessity when the writer is compelled to write by his demon, rather than by his agent or promoter. ↗

— Paul Bailey

#artistic #authority #blanche #comes #compelled

For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture. ↗

— Roland Barthes

#artiste #better #fine #gesture #long

I'm not gonna say that I hate it, because I really respect Usher and I was influenced by him. But so many people compare me to him, and I don't think it'll ever stop. I just want to be my own artist. ↗

— Chris Brown

#because #compare #ever #gonna #hate

Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

#created #critic #function #never #proper