Being An Artist Quotes

Being An Artist Quote of the day

The main thing is to be moved, to love, to hope, to tremble, to live. Be a man before being an artist!

Being an artist, I had an artist's instincts.You can see the picture before it's taken; then it's up to you to get the camera to see

The worst thing that being an artist could do to you would be that it would make you slightly unhappy constantly.

Being an artist means belonging to a unique, exciting gang of outlaws.

The good thing about being an artist, is it's a legitimate way of looking at things cross-eyed.

Being an artist is more of a mindset, a way of seeing things; it is no longer so much about producing something.

The thing about being an artist today is you get to develop right in front of people's eyes before you even put out an album.

When an artist stopped being a child, he would stop being an artist.

Arguably, no artist grows up: If he sheds the perceptions of childhood, he ceases being an artist.

Part of being an artist is that you are always concerned you don't have what it takes. It keeps us honest.

I never decided at all to be an artist; being an artist seems to have happened to me.

Being an artist means ceasing to take seriously that very serious person we are when we are not an artist.

Being an artist and having to be responsible for the art that you make is really quite challenging, and as you get older it becomes more and more difficult.

An artist should be taking risks. That's the whole idea of being an artist.

The awesome thing about being an artist? You can't be fired from your own mind.

I wasn't really sold on being an artist until high school, my senior year. I was going to do the college thing originally.

Sometimes being an artist means knowing when to let someone see something in you that is there that you can't hear or see.

I often joke that I straddle psychosis and neurosis, and that being an artist keeps me in the middle, so I can work between the two.

There's such a freedom about being an artist... You're not accountable - you're this renegade thing.

When you devote yourself to being an artist, you have to stay on your craft and always try to get better and better.

Being an artist is a way of saying, I am here, and this is what I stand for.

I was being an artist, being sensitive and technical as artists are. I'm sure Leonardo Da Vinci did that. Artists don't always feel the same as others feel about their work.

I went to Princeton High School, when I was very serious about being an artist. I was in a theatre family but I didn't want to become an actor.

Being an artist is this kind of occupation in which you have to make people care about your obsession.

Over the years I have learned that creating art has made me happy. I used to be a lawyer and I'm much happier being an artist.

Being an artist is celebrating life.

Being an artist, its all a journey, and you learn where the subtle patterns lie.

What's exciting about being an artist, still, and what I'm really finding is awesome is that you can do it until you drop. I don't care how many lines I have on my face - I'll keep doing it!

I didn’t see any difference between being a photographer or being an artist. I didn’t make those boundaries. If someone wants to think it’s art, that’s great, but I’ll let history decide.

Being an artist is supposed to be a scam, not a career.

I never stop being a mother and I never stop being an artist. You understand? Which is probably why my kids are so creative, because it’s not separated.

Being an artist is a very long game. It is not a 10-year game. I hope I'll be around making art when I'm 80

Being an artist is being an isolated individual.

Being a songwriter requires versatility while being an artist requires you to create a cohesive body of work. I truly enjoy both.

I'm a sponge, the more I absorb, the more I am able to articulate my vision, as artists do, like Picasso. I'm an artist in that light. I went from being an artist to an artiste.

With the Ford Foundation grant all of a sudden instead of being an artist that had made a couple of short films, I became a filmmaker who dabbled in the arts.

My father didn't think being an artist was a respectable or worthy goal for a man. He hoped I would see my way to more serious work and would find myself turning towards medicine, law, or business.

In the end, I feel that one has to have a bit of neurosis to go on being an artist. A balanced human seldom produces art. It's that imbalance which impels us... The artist lives with anxiety.

I loved being a child. If I do have a talent, it's not so much being an artist, but it's being able to remember back to that time.

The unique essence of being an artist is dying. Eveything looks the same. Now there’s a formula. And it works. - But it takes away from the reason we do it.

Part of being an artist is being willing to be shocked, being willing to be surprised, being willing to be hurt.

Being an artist is not easy - I have always said that to the students I have taught over the years. It's a huge sacrifice.

Being an artist is nothing, or at least, not enough; what you want is to be a poet.

The story that I wanna tell is pretty much about the way I grew up. Being bi-racial, growing up in a big city and being an artist.

Being an artist is a lifestyle.

Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium.

But I found that being an artist and doing accurate work is very difficult.

It is a good motive, fame and money, as it is tangible and measurable. Being an artist is neither measurable nor tangible and certainly not a way to become rich.

This is a very general understanding of art in China, that being an artist can make you money and turn you into a star.

Being an artist for my well being and as a living, I live in a place of observance and interest in what I consider to be the most relevant questions.