#artistic

My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop. ↗

— Iggy Pop

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Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements. ↗

— Giacomo Puccini

#artistic #awakening #faculties #high #inspiration

Gay people are the sweetest, kindest, most artistic, warmest and most thoughtful people in the world. And since the beginning of time all they've ever been is kicked. ↗

— Little Richard

#been #beginning #ever #gay #kicked

Liberty is the possibility of doubting, the possibility of making a mistake, the possibility of searching and experimenting, the possibility of saying No to any authority - literary, artistic, philosophic, religious, social and even political. ↗

— Ignazio Silone

#artistic #authority #doubting #even #experimenting

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

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

I appreciated art, long before I could produce it. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#art #artistic-expression #artists #art

But an artist, he realized. Or rather so-called artist. Bohemian. That's closer to it. The artistic life without the talent. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

#artist #artistic #bohemian #bohemianism #art

Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once she grows up. ↗