Ai Weiwei Quotes, Thinking Quotes, Artist Quotes

I'm not a writer, but today I think you have to be everything. As an artist you have an obligation to let people know what is on your mind and why you're doing this.

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Since men do not really respect anything unless it was established long ago and has developed slowly over time, those who want tokeep on living after their death must take worry not only about their future generations but even more about their past: that is why tyrants of all kinds (including tyrannical artists and politicians) like to do violence to history, so that it will appear as a preparation and stepladder to themselves.

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Tags : Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes , Artist Quotes , Past Quotes

The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist.

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Tags : Aasif Mandvi Quotes , Artist Quotes , Thinking Quotes

I am not a liberal, not a conservative, not a believer in gradual progress, not a monk. I should like to be a free artist and nothing more.

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Tags : Anton Chekhov Quotes , Freedom Quotes , Artist Quotes

An artist must only judge of what he understands, his field is just as limited as that of any other specialist... That in his sphere there are no questions, but only answers, can only be maintained by those who have never written and have had no experience of thinking in images.

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What to paint was a problem for the war artist... the old heroics, the death and glory stuff, were gone forever... the impressionistic technique I had developed was now ineffective, for visual impressions were not enough.

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Tags : A. Y. Jackson Quotes , War Quotes , Artist Quotes

Those who restrain their desires, do so because theirs is weak enough to be restrained.

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Tags : William Blake Quotes , Inspirational Quotes , Artist Quotes

Each year, more people want to become artists.

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Tags : Ai Weiwei Quotes , Artist Quotes , Years Quotes

Some artists leave remarkable things which, a 100 years later, don't work at all. I have left my mark; my work is hung in museums, but maybe one day the Tate Gallery or the other museums will banish me to the cellar... you never know.

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Tags : Francis Bacon Quotes , Artist Quotes , Museums Quotes

I feel ever so strongly that an artist must be nourished by his passions and his despairs. These things alter an artist whether for the good or the better or the worse. It must alter him. The feelings of desperation and unhappiness are more useful to an artist than the feeling of contentment, because desperation and unhappiness stretch your whole sensibility.

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Only a bad artist thinks he has a good idea. A good artist does not need anything.

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Tags : Ad Reinhardt Quotes , Artist Quotes , Thinking Quotes

As much as people are griping about the Internet taking sales away from artists, it's been a huge promotional tool for me.

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Tags : Al Yankovic Quotes , Artist Quotes , People Quotes

I feel much more comfortable as an artist collaborating with others because I feel more mature.

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Tags : Alan Tudyk Quotes , Artist Quotes , Mature Quotes

I'm a liability to them - I'm a woman, I'm empowered, I'm an artist. I've had executives who can't come to my shows they're so scared of me. I've been a thorn in many people's sides just by existing.

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Tags : Alanis Morissette Quotes , Artist Quotes , People Quotes

Well, a lot of people within government and big business are nervous of Hip Hop and Hip Hop artists, because they speak their minds. They talk about what they see and what they feel and what they know. They reflect what's around them.

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Tags : Afrika Bambaataa Quotes , Artist Quotes , Government Quotes

The object of the artist is the creation of the beautiful. What the beautiful is is another question.

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Tags : James Joyce Quotes , Beautiful Quotes , Artist Quotes

I don't believe in competitions between artists. This is insane. Who has the authority to say someone is better?

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Tags : Alan Arkin Quotes , Believe Quotes , Artist Quotes

The eye altering, alters all.

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Tags : William Blake Quotes , Eye Quotes , Artist Quotes

I would just encourage any artist to stay focused, of course keep God first, and just keep working hard. Try to outwork those who you idolize.

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Tags : Ace Hood Quotes , Artist Quotes , Trying Quotes

My process in making a music video is pretty much a formula of talking to the artist. I've never made a video where I didn't talk to the artist before I wrote the treatment. Basically, I enter into it knowing we are collaborators.

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Tags : Adria Petty Quotes , Artist Quotes , Talking Quotes