#artist

An artist is somebody who enters into competition with God. ↗

— Patti Smith

#competition #enters #god #into #somebody

Artists are traditionally resistant to labels. ↗

— Patti Smith

#labels #resistant #traditionally

I never felt oppressed because of my gender. When I'm writing a poem or drawing, I'm not a female; I'm an artist. ↗

— Patti Smith

#because #drawing #felt #female #gender

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

#artist #aspires #built-in #calling #duty

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

I'm doing things that are more artistic again, more close to the material that I love. I don't disparage those things that I did. They're just not as much reflective of who I am. ↗

— Mira Sorvino

#am #artistic #close #did #disparage

Governmental aid is a drawback rather than an assistance, as, although it may facilitate in the routine of artistic production, it is an impediment to the development of true artistic genius. ↗

— John Philip Sousa

#although #artistic #assistance #development #drawback

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