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I don't think you can prevent an artist from being and I don't think you can cause one to be. No one knows what makes an artist.
— Robert Engman
I don't think an artist does well without limitations.
— Hillman Curtis
If the Buddhist's job is to be detached, I think that the artist's job is to be both detached and attached.
— Gerald Stern
I think artists can go to a level of vision that can often save us from a situation which seems to have no solution whatsoever.
— Susan Griffin
I think people in the gay and straight worlds can get a sense of what it means to be an artist.
— Jill Eikenberry
I think it might be nice if there was a Cosimo de' Medici around today, offering commissions to the poor, but talented artists.
— Mary Pope Osborne
The artist's business is to feel, although he may think a little sometimes ... when he has nothing better to do.
— John Ruskin
I think hip-hop has more to do with rock and roll. Kanye West is, in many ways, a rock artist.
— Ian Astbury
Designers + artists see potential in things where others do not. I think artists in many ways are the original entrepreneurs.
— Brian Chesky
There's a lot of madness going on out there. Artists can only be what they are, but the industry only goes with what they think people wanna hear.
— Pras Michel
I used to think if it wasn't possible to be a family man and a totally dedicated artist, I'd rather be the former. I'm an idealist and a romantic.
— Charlton Heston
I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
— Damien Hirst
I am an artist and a writer, and I do think that one always places oneself in the picture to see where one fits.
— Arundhati Roy
I think artists are entitled to their songs. I'm very vocal and I understand that not everybody's gonna like me; it's not for everyone.
— Jean Grae
I think working with artists is incredibly important for everybody in the world, but also, it is a way of seeing the world differently.
— Rose McGowan
Being an artist is very independent thinking, although there's always going to be a lot of doubt.
— Brice Marden
I think a lot of artists no longer want to participate in or be associated with narrative because of its corruptedness in contemporary culture.
— Rachel Cusk
I don't think there's anything to be afraid of. Failure brings great rewards - in the life of an artist.
— Quentin Tarantino
You think you're an artist; prove it
— Laurence Olivier
You cannot grow if you are not Thinking
— Andrea L'Artiste
I think for every artist it's important to always keep this amount of doubt until the very last day of shooting.
— Gaspard Ulliel
I do think it's important to expose kids to artists.
— Jerry Pinkney
I don't think I've ever made any conscious decision to be a comic artist, but to me there's something quite anarchic about comedy.
— David Shrigley
I think it's important as a player every now and again to play something that's influenced you as an artist just to expose the people to it.
— Gavin DeGraw
As an artist, I think it is important for us to mark places in history where we have made progress, to celebrate by expressing that reality.
— Michael Adam Hamilton
I thought that I was an artist. I no longer think about it, I am.
— Louise DeSalvo
I'm rather kind of old school, thinking that when an artist does his work, it's no longer his ... I just see what people make of it.
— David Bowie
I was thinking that people have to believe you're crazy in order to take you seriously as an artist.
— Danger Mouse
I write things down because my thoughts get too heavy in my head and it hurts my neck.
— Joyce Rachelle
If they think that an artist can destroy their faith, then their faith is rather fragile.
— Marilyn Manson
When I hear artists or authors making fun of businessmen, I think of a regiment in which the band makes fun of the cooks.
— H.L. Mencken
I would be very nervous to rap I think if it ever comes to that! I'm going to try to steer clear as long as possible.
— Jacob Artist
An artist is a person who thinks more than there is to think, feels more than there is to feel, and sees more than there is to see.
— Pearl Mary Teresa Craigie
There are so many great artists, I think, who kind of suffer from being icons, legends, acknowledged masters.
— Richard Linklater
How rare that an artist should make something which forces us to think, and encourages us to stop and think, to question why we behave the way we do.
— Martin Firrell
Success gave me confidence as an artist. And now I'm able to do what I want without anybody thinking it's dumb.
— Amy Lee
I think it's a responsibility for any artist to protect freedom of expression and to use any way to extend this power.
— Ai Weiwei
I think I'm just trying to be myself and write songs that are honest. That's what I hear in artist's that I like.
— Michael Gungor
The life of an artist is not all glamorous. It's a lot of work. A lot of people think that it's very easy.
— Selena
Having your work in a museum is something we as artists aspire to, but I don't think that's something we need to worry about while we're alive.
— Eric Drooker
An artist does his most difficult work when he steps back from the blank canvas and thinks about what he is going to create.
— Michelangelo
It feels much better to me to think that an artist is working to show his appreciation of what already has been created than creating things himself.
— E. J. Hughes
I think nearly every artist continually wants to reach the edge of nothingness - the point where you can't go any further.
— Harry Callahan
I think that sometimes fans or supporters say "I love this artist" but they may not realize that he loves them back.
— Prince Royce
I think it's artist's role to give and to receive and the people to give it, hear it, vibe on it, and give it back around again.
— Narada Michael Walden
People think I'm an artist because my films lose money.
— Woody Allen
Music tells you about the artist and what they were thinking about at the time, because the person has to think about it to sing it.
— Sean Paul
I think another way that you can really harm yourself as an artist is by buying into the mythology that it's really important.
— Elizabeth Gilbert
For me there are no rules. I think I learned that from artists-from painters and sculptors. It took photography a while to catch up to them.
— Larry Clark
I think the artists of the recession will end up being a very strong force in the future. They learned about survival.
— Mark Edward
I was always an artist. I was a broker to earn a living, but I was always thinking about my art.
— Jeff Koons
I think what we (as a society) need from artists of all kinds is courage, a willingness to explore, and a really big sense of possibility.
— Sharon Salzberg
A lot of my friends are musicians or artists, and their talent always pushes me to think creatively.
— Erin Willett
I like a lot of artists but I think the one that touched me the most was probably Tupac, coming up. Cause that was my generation, so Tupac was mine.
— French Montana
I'm absolute attacking my own instinct for politeness, but I think I admire artists who just speak out or who are strong, so it's very hard.
— Stephen Fry
I don't think it's very useful to open wide the door for young artists; the ones who break down the door are more interesting.
— Paul Schrader
I think what makes people think that is because of things people write. It really doesn't have anything to do with the artist.
— Erykah Badu
I think I would prefer to partner with someone once I've established what I actually am trying to do as a solo artist with my actual name.
— Michelle Chamuel
I think any good artist - and I'm not saying that I am one - takes notes and should first emulate their heroes and then try to move beyond them.
— Patrick Stump
I prefer artists who are creative more than artists who are technical, I think everybody would agree with that.
— Jeffrey Lewis
You can think of a painter as a trio - the artist, his talent and his muse, the last two always on the lookout for a new brush man.
— Robert Breault
The real artist while he paints does not think of the sale, only of the need to make a beautiful living thing.
— Irving Stone
I've always been kind of an escape artist. I think that I thought the day-to-day reality of things was unbearably flat.
— Sharon Stone
You will think less of the art, when you know the artist
— George Bernard Shaw
I never think of myself as an artist. I think of myself as making a point.
— Rondal Partridge
I think that one of the qualifications of artists should be a vow of celibacy. They should be confined to ruining only their own lives.
— Roger Lewis
If if could bottle and patent 'Logic', I'd give it away.
— Andrea L'Artiste
It is imperative that the artist reveal through the medium in which he is happiest, what he sees, thinks and feels about his surroundings.
— Franklin Carmichael
I think the artist's job throughout history has been to tell - to say things that people are inspired by.
— Russell Simmons
For an artist to think in terms of success is like a priest trying to think in terms of success.
— Graham Greene
There's arrogance for you. I think all artists insert themselves into their subject matter.
— Sophie Blackall
As an artist, what do you think the biggest mistake you can make is? My vote for the biggest mistake is being afraid of making mistakes.
— Richard Rogers
I don't think you make a choice to be an artist. There was no decision for me. I've been expressing myself this way since I can remember.
— Yoko Ono
I think artists like Justin Bieber really opened up a door for younger artists to be respected in the industry. I really like what he did.
— Jackson Guthy
I think it's really important as an artist not to be drawn to the haters, because there are so many people who are nice and quiet.
— Lisa Yuskavage
I think your life informs your art.
— Sheryl Crow
I don't think people are born artists; I think it comes from a mixture of your surroundings, the people you meet, and luck.
— Francis Bacon
As an artist I just can't think of a better life than the one I've been blessed with. It's just a great ride.
— Robert Redford
[Abbas Kiarostami] is a great artist and a poet. I sometimes think that if Samuel Beckett made films, he'd make them like Kiarostami makes them.
— Anthony Minghella
I can only think of a handful of artists that can make a funny painting or a funny sculpture without it feeling coined in someway.
— Joe Bradley
I like collaborating, but I felt I should do my first single by myself so people don't think I'm leaning on other artists to be a success.
— Missy Elliot
I think artists should define themselves. They should speak about their work and how it relates to society and what's going on in the world.
— Jose Parla
I think that variety is the key to our success. It is what makes us [artists] different, and long may that continue.
— Piers Morgan
I relied mainly on other artists, who I think are smarter than critics, any critics or curators or anybody like that. They really know.
— Robert Barry
Artists are valuable to public discussion: They show the correlation between doing and thinking.
— Olafur Eliasson
I grew up thinking art was pictures until I got into music and found I was an artist and didn't paint.
— Chuck Berry
I think even when I was little there was signs that I was an artist. I've always been an artist.
— Condola Rashad
Think like an artist. Dress like an insurance salesman.
— Tibor Kalman