#artists

I'm in a position where, theoretically, I could play the same ten concertos and make a very good living bouncing around playing Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky and Barber, but I really think artists should keep pushing limits and trying new things. ↗

— Joshua Bell

#artists #barber #bouncing #could #good

There are certain people who have become better artists, but they're brilliant at marketing. I think someone who's been phenomenal like that is Madonna. ↗

— Michael Bolton

#become #been #better #brilliant #certain

I am thankful that geniuses and artists and good people, no matter how hard it is, will eventually be recognized. I am doubly thankful that also goes for idiots. ↗

— Elayne Boosler

#am #artists #doubly #eventually #geniuses

Some artists shrink from self-awareness, fearing that it will destroy their unique gifts and even their desire to create. The truth of the matter is quite opposite. ↗

— James Broughton

#create #desire #destroy #even #fearing

I wasn't thinking of competing with any artists as such, I was more thinking of being among them, and sharing thoughts with them; like sharing views, ideas, etc. ↗

— Dennis Brown

#any #artists #being #competing #etc

It doesn't upset artists to find out that artists used lenses or mirrors or other aids, but it certainly does upset the art historians. ↗

— Chuck Close

#art #artists #certainly #does #find

When I first came out, like a lot of the artists at that time, I had a very polished, very overproduced sound. ↗

— Taylor Dayne

#came #first #had #i #like

Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire. ↗

— John Dewey

#desire #heart #memory #nearer #reality

I don't know if there are artists out there who love their own records. I haven't met any, and I'm kind of extreme in the other direction, but therein lies the impetus to keep working and keep making new songs and new records. ↗

— Ani DiFranco

#artists #direction #extreme #haven #i

You can go down the list of great artists and kind of understand that they are products of their environment. Whether it's U2 or Henry Rollins or myself or Johnny Lydon, they're gonna be products of their environment. ↗

— Eddie Vedder

#down #environment #go #gonna #great