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Artistic Quotes (page 47)

As an artist you look into yourself to understand the human potential to be all kinds of things that are not necessarily pleasant but are real - a criminal, a murderer, a sadist, a rapist; to be all of these things that many people are. You can't allow yourself to say, 'I'm a different species from those people.' Because you aren't. The criminal as monster is kind of common. That's very convenient because you can then say, 'Of course I'm not a monster, therefore I'm not a criminal therefore I... David Cronenberg
If [hand-drawn animation] is a dying craft, we can't do anything about it. Civilization moves on. Where are all the fresco painters now? Where are the landscape artists? What are they doing now? The world is changing. I have been very fortunate to be able to do the same job for 40 years. That's rare in any era. Hayao Miyazaki
Olivier Messiaen quote: "It's probable that in the artistic hierarchy birds are the..."
It's probable that in the artistic hierarchy birds are the greatest musicians existing on our planet. Olivier Messiaen
An artist is someone who produces things that people don't need to have but that he - for some reason - thinks it would be a good idea to give them. Andy Warhol
What do you think an artist is? ...he is a political being, constantly aware of the heart breaking, passionate, or delightful things that happen in the world, shaping himself completely in their image. Painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war. Pablo Picasso
Christopher Hitchens quote: "Bad as political fiction can be, there is always a politician..."
Bad as political fiction can be, there is always a politician prepared to make it look artistic by comparison. Christopher Hitchens
Oscar Wilde quote: "Bad artists always admire each others work."
Bad artists always admire each others work. Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde quote: "Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is..."
Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious. Oscar Wilde
We’re flimflam artists. But remember, sonny, you can’t con people unless they’re greedy to begin with. W. C. Fields had it right. You can’t cheat an honest man. Sidney Sheldon
In thirty years Iraq too has gone from being among the most modern and secular of Arab countries -with women working, artists thriving, journalists writing- into a squalid playpen for a megalomaniac. Fareed Zakaria
One criticizes in others what one recognizes and despises in oneself. For example, an artist who is revolted by another’s ambitiousness. Susan Sontag
If America could be, once again, a nation of self-reliant farmers, craftsmen, hunters, ranchers, and artists, then the rich would have little power to dominate others. Neither to serve nor to rule: That was the American dream. Edward Abbey
An artist is a nourisher and a creator who knows that during the act of creation there is collaboration. We do not create alone. Madeleine L'Engle
Oh, God, send down fire from heaven to consume the blasphemer,” said Lawson. “What has nature got to do with it? No one knows what’s in nature and what isn’t! The world sees nature through the eyes of the artist. Why, for centuries it saw horses jumping a fence with all their legs extended, and by Heaven, sir, they were extended. It saw shadows black until Monet discovered they were colored, and by Heaven, sir, they were black. If we choose to surround objects with a black line, the world... W. Somerset Maugham
Patti Smith quote: "To be an artist is to enter into competition with god."
To be an artist is to enter into competition with god. Patti Smith

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