1,307 Quotes About Artists

Great innovators and original thinkers and artists attract the wrath of mediocrities as lightning rods draw the flashes.

I used to have sort of mixed feelings about a producer whose only skills seemed to be going into the studio, schmoozing the artists and making them feel good. I can see now that in some cases, that's what you have to do because that's the only way you're going to get them to produce.

Nonprofits don't have the money or time to market themselves and artists need help getting their work out.

I made a real specific decision when I came out of school and most artists were writing about home - if you were a woman, you were writing about being a woman - and I decided not to do that, write about what you know. That's not what I do. I went as far away from home as possible in terms of the development of my imagination.

It just makes you a better artist when you're with people who are great artists themselves. Being around Kanye, soaking up all the knowledge, all the stuff he got.

All the artists involved poured their hearts and soul into this body of work and it shows. It is with the utmost respect to Pink Floyd that we took the challenge,

The thing that got me started on Twitter was just basically pressure from management and the record company saying, 'Hey, this is what all the other artists are doing. You need to be doing it also.' I didn't really have a clue what is was.

There are a lot of local artists and we have a lot of activities. I think we bring a lot of tourists because of the importance of the arts here and people are thinking about Beaufort County. Not only about our beautiful scenery but also about the arts.

I got my start on the stage and there's no question that I keep getting drawn back to material and artists born there.