George Bernard Shaw Quotes, Artist Quotes

All Artists are Anarchists.

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Just as a picture is drawn by an artist, surroundings are created by the activities of the mind

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You are right in demanding that an artist approach his work consciously, but you are confusing two concepts: the solution of a problem and the correct formulation of a problem. Only the second is required of the artist.

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You know we poor artists have to show ourselves in society from time to time, just to remind the public that we are not savages.

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

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A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving. A good artist lets his intuition lead him wherever it wants. A good scientist has freed himself of concepts and keeps his mind open to what is.

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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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Artists are messengers whose responsibility is to unite the world -- a faith that will lead not to destruction but to transformation.

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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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Excessive sorrow laughs. Excessive joy weeps.

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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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It is sometimes said that the tragedy of an artist's life is that he cannot realise his ideal. But the true tragedy that dogs the steps of most artists is that they realise their ideal too absolutely. For, when the ideal is realised, it is robbed of its wonder and its mystery, and becomes simply a new starting-point for an ideal that is other than itself.

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If artists cannot speak up for human dignity or rights, then who else will do it?

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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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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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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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Painting cannot be the only activity of a mature artist.

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There's a bunch of songs that I call B-sides on the record that you could argue could maybe have some potential commercial success with another artist, but for me, they just felt really whack.

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People sometimes inquire what form of government is most suitable for an artist to live under. To this question there is only one answer. The form of government that is most suitable to the artist is no government at all.

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