H. P. Lovecraft Quotes, Artist Quotes, Phases Quotes

Naturally one would rather be a broad artist with power to evoke beauty from every phase of experience--but when one unmistakably isn't such an artist, there's no sense in bluffing and faking and pretending that one is.

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Success has always been the greatest liar - and the "work" itself is a success; the great statesman, the conqueror, the discoverer is disguised by his creations, often beyond recognition; the "work," whether of the artist or the philosopher, invents the man who has created it, who is supposed to have create it; "great men," as they are venerated, are subsequent pieces of wretched minor fiction

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It is because artists do not practise, patrons do not patronize, crowds do not assemble to reverently worship the great work of Doing Nothing, that the world has lost its philosophy and even failed to invent a new religion.

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Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Philosophy Quotes , Artist Quotes

I never really listen to what people say. My thing is that my favorite artists are artists that are theatrical. Obviously when you are doing a recording, things aren't gonna translate as over-the-top.

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There comes a time as an artist, can't follow the crowd. You have to do YOU, and make the crowd follow you.

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An artist chooses his subjects: that is the way he praises.

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This is the fundamental idea of culture, insofar as it sets but one task for each of us: to further the production of the philosopher, of the artist, and of the saint within us and outside us, and thereby to work at the consummation of nature.

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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.

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Tags : D. H. Lawrence Quotes , Artist Quotes , Literature 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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As to the artists, do we not know that he only of them whom love inspires has the light of fame?-he whom love touches not walks in darkness.

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Bad artists always admire each others work.

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There are no teachers, saints, prophets, good people, but the artists.

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If you see something is going wrong within politics and the world today, then some Hip Hop artist is gonna come along and get straight with it. If they think that there's a lot of racism going on then there's another Hip Hop artist who's gonna come out and speak their mind.

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Tags : Afrika Bambaataa Quotes , Artist Quotes , Thinking Quotes

For just as for a flute-player, a sculptor, or an artist, and, in general, for all things that have a function or activity, the good and the well is thought to reside in the function, so would it seem to be for man, if he has a function.

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You are right in demanding that an artist should take an intelligent attitude to his work, but you confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly.

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I don't think people are born artists; I think it comes from a mixture of your surroundings, the people you meet, and luck.

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

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An actor is part illusionist, part artist, part ham.

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A good poet will usually borrow from authors remote in time, or alien in language, or diverse in interest.

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Artists have the responsibility to serve humanity give people hope.

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