Francis Bacon Quotes, Passion Quotes, Artist 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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My mum is an artist and very into creative expression and freedom.

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No poet, no artist of any art, has his complete meaning alone.

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All artists are vain, they long to be recognized and to leave something to posterity. They want to be loved, and at the same time they want to be free. But nobody is free.

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I think it's shameful when you sell out. It depends what kind of artist you wanna be, but I don't want my name anywhere near another brand.

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Anyone who says the artist's field is all answers and no questions has never done any writing or had any dealings with imageryYou are confusing two concepts: answering the questions and formulating them correctly. Only the latter is required of an author.

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Tis not your work, but Love's. Love, unperceived, A more ideal Artist he than all, Came, drew your pencil from you, made those eyes Darker than the darkest pansies, and that hair More black than ashbuds in the front of March.

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The understanding of the intent of the artist which I can achieve when high sometimes carries over to when I’m down. This is one of many human frontiers which cannabis has helped me traverse.

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I find as an artist if I'm not expressed relatively consistently, I get really depressed.

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The dignity of the artist lies in his duty of keeping awake the sense of wonder in the world.

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Theres a lot of blowhards in the political process, you know, a lot of hot-air artists, people who have got something fancy to say.

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A true artist takes no notice whatever of the public. The public to him are non-existent.

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When critics disagree the artist is in accord with himself.

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You have too take from each artist what works for you, and then create your own sound. You put different combinations in the mix and it becomes something unique in the end.

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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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All Artists are Anarchists.

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

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The eye altering, alters all.

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Each year, more people want to become artists.

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You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.

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