#artists

Gospel artists are messengers; they are vessels of a message. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

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I went back and researched the history of gospel; where it came from, slavery times, communicating with each other without their master knowing what they are saying, and that gospel artists view themselves differently. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

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Secular artists see themselves with performance; they are more self involved, presentational. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

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The Southern Baptist Church is a specific culture in itself. So, I had to study, talk to people, watch tape and go to performances to see how Gospel artists move compared to secular artists. ↗

— Boris Kodjoe

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Genius can probably run on ahead and seek out new ways. But the good artists who follow after genius - and I count myself among these - have to restore the lost connection once more. ↗

— Kathe Kollwitz

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Whatever an artist's personal feelings are, as soon as an artist fills a certain area on the canvas or circumscribes it, he becomes historical. He acts from or upon other artists. ↗

— Willem de Kooning

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The Whitney is a museum that has a great rapport with younger artists and the community. ↗

— Jeff Koons

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So much of what we do as artists is a combination of personal experience and imagination, and how that all creeps into your work is not so linear. ↗

— Diana Krall

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Cartoonists are untrained artists, while illustrators are more trained. ↗

— John Kricfalusi

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If artists often get famous posthumously, then there is only one thing for me to do—fake my own death. Or I could just wait for science to give me a clone, and kill him instead. He’ll get my credit, and I’ll get his money. ↗

— Jarod Kintz

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