Artists Quotes

There's this thing called compulsory licensing law that allows artists through the record companies to take your music at will without your permission.

All children are artists. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.

Artists are going to be the metronome of this society.

Racial history is therefore natural history and the mysticism of the soul at one and the same time; but the history of the religion of the blood, conversely, is the great world story of the rise and downfall of peoples, their heroes and thinkers, their inventors and artists.

All kids, when they go to school, are pretty good artists and dancers and singers and poets. All that gets buried, basically through being educated, or brainwashed.

No. It's not coming this way. Our goal is to expose our African artists to the rest of Africa and the rest of the world. There is no pressure to expose international artists to Africa. Because it's an untapped frontier. The excitement is for other people to see what Africa can offer to the rest of the world.

What we are looking for in that category (of tenants) is truly artists. We think there is always a home for those here ... and we would like to sprinkle those, as we can, throughout the tenancy of the market.

I would advise young artists . . . to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid of painting badly . . . . If their painting doesn't improve by itself, it means that nothing can be done - and I wouldn't do anything!

There have been many different artists that have been inspirational. I suppose the question is directed to what was the reason why I went into fantasy illustration.

Few artists can afford artistic temperament.

The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication: that is why so many bad artists are unable to give it up.

Professional artists have donated beautifully unique bowls and artwork to the cause.

I have always been influenced by country artists along my musical journey. Lately, I have been fortunate enough to be working with some of the great Nashville writers. I look forward to participating as a guest judge in a musical genre that is so close to my heart.

I think most artists create out of despair. The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside, it's a painful, difficult search within.

The hard part about being independent is that major media is not supportive of independent artists because we're not selling tires or soda. The only thing that we want to sell is our message.

Most true artists care about music as a pure, passionate art form, but can get caught in the trap of the business. Which, sadly, has now become more important than the artist or even the music itself.

[Artists] love to immerse themselves in chaos in order to put it into form, just as God created form out of chaos in Genesis. Forever unsatisfied with the mundane, the apathetic, the conventional, they always push on to newer worlds.

Aren't the artists brave to go out and paint a sea as rough as that? I don't see how he kept his canvas dry.

New artists will be discovered and trained. Moreover, when the artists who've gone abroad return home, they can share and pass on skills and knowledge to their peers here. I am certain their stints abroad will make them better artists and mentors. It will teach them discipline and independence. It will broaden their horizons.

[A lot of the artists collaborate with one another on stage throughout the festival, leaving fans and musicians alike in awe.] A bunch of us are old friends, and when we get here we want to band together, ... Anything goes here, people are ready for any kind of music.

Independent artists and labels have always been the trend setters in music and the music business.

We plan to have three years and try not to repeat artists in the same marketplaces. I have a hard time thinking of what's going be going on next week, much less two years from now. We're going to sit down after '99 and reassess things, probably take a year off.

[Opera] artists don't hit their prime until 35 or 40, depending on the voice.

I've got a peculiar weakness for criminals and artists-neither takes life as it is. Any tragic story has to be in conflict with things as they are.

Really, you can't blame these artists, today, for the music that has been produced.