#artist

Far from wishing to awaken the artist in the pupil prematurely, the teacher considers it his first task to make him a skilled artisan with sovereign control of his craft. ↗

— Eugen Herrigel

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I can draw really well. And I like to paint. I'm a bit of an artist. ↗

— Zac Efron

#bit #draw #i #i can #like

In fact, most artists want to make things a bit more difficult for themselves as they go along, to challenge themselves. ↗

— David Hockney

#artists #bit #challenge #difficult #fact

I only really started to go to plays and to be interested in drama 20 years ago when as an artist I was already well-rounded. I think I'm more disciplined today. ↗

— Pete Townshend

#already #artist #disciplined #drama #go

Artists are taught to be humble about their impact, especially in folk music. It's so ingrained that I have a hard time even thinking I had any impact other than what a normal hit song would have. ↗

— Janis Ian

#any #artists #be humble #especially #even

When you're artistic director of a program, you present the music you want to present. ↗

— Stanley Crouch

#director #music #present #program #want

I'm very happy with my lot. I like the variety I get. You don't want to spend your life repeating yourself. It's true of any kind of artist, you want to explore as wide and far as you can go, so that's what I've been trying to do. ↗

— Toni Collette

#artist #been #explore #far #get

The artist must be in his work as God is in creation, invisible and all-powerful; one must sense him everywhere but never see him. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#artist #creation #everywhere #god #him

Caught up in life, you see it badly. You suffer from it or enjoy it too much. The artist, in my opinion, is a monstrosity, something outside of nature. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#badly #caught #enjoy #in my opinion #life

My mom and I were super tight. I think she really wanted me to be an artist, you know? She used to like to tell people she wanted to be Beethoven's mother. That was her thing. She wanted to be the mother of this person. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#beethoven #her #i #i think #know