#artists

People must insist on the right to say no, to be alone, to stand out from the herd. Creative artists can say all this in their own way and in their own field, by hard, rigorous work. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

#artists #creative #field #hard #herd

I was mostly surprised by the rap artists, actually, that were influenced by Sabbath. That was a surprise. But it's very nice and I'm very honored. It's nice to know after 27 years now that what I said in the first place has stuck, and that was the belief in it. ↗

— Tony Iommi

#after #artists #belief #first #honored

You're only dealing with whatever you know, which is a very small part of it and later on it'll look like it has something to do with the period. Obviously, the artists have something to do with one another. They tend to set up certain common qualities among themselves. ↗

— Donald Judd

#another #artists #certain #common #dealing

It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists. ↗

— Karen Kain

#different #era #generation #help #job

To be able to make decisions and see them come to fruition and feel the excitement around them, what it generates within the company, how the artists get motivated - that's the most rewarding part; feeling I can be a catalyst for an artistic experience for our artists and for the public. ↗

— Karen Kain

#around #artistic #artists #catalyst #come

I think my iTunes is a kind of strange and embarrassing mix of show tunes and artists that I have no perception of whether or not they're huge or not, you know? I'm the kind of person who doesn't realize that The Arcade Fire is a big deal, but then I expect everybody to know Cocoon, and people tend to not know Cocoon. ↗

— Anna Kendrick

#artists #big #big deal #cocoon #deal

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

— John Kricfalusi

#cartoonists #illustrators #more #trained #untrained

The nation that complacently and fearfully allows its artists and writers to become suspected rather than respected is no longer regarded as a nation possessed with humor or depth. ↗

— James Thurber

#artists #become #depth #humor #longer

The artists in country music who stopped having hits are the ones who were led into something that wasn't them. ↗

— Conway Twitty

#country #country music #having #hits #into

Favored Nations is a long-term commitment. Our hope is that those who are passionate about real musicianship will want to hear and own most of our albums. We will set out to attain the same direct relationship with our customers that we have with our artists. ↗

— Steve Vai

#albums #artists #attain #commitment #customers