“You are an artist when you make someone feel something deep and unexpected.” FeelsArtistUnexpected Author:Amanda Palmer
“When you're an artist, nobody ever tells you or hits you with the magic wand of legitimacy. You have to hit your own head with your own handmade wand. And you feel stupid doing it.” FeelsArtistMagicStupidLegitimacyWandsMagic WandsHandmade Author:Amanda Palmer
“Twitter fascinates me because it's real. It feels kind of unreal, but it makes very real things happen.” FeelsKindRealHappensThings HappenReal ThingsUnreal Author:Amanda Palmer
“I never wanted to grow a thicker skin; I felt a real sense of pride in my thin skin, and in a weird way, I still do, because it's my thin skin that allows me to empathize with other people. It's the thing that allows me to create vulnerable art. It's the thing that allows me to create other feelings and make songs that actually grab people and touch people. I feel like I've spent my life fighting that thicker skin because I don't want to become an embittered asshole.” PeopleWayWantFeelsArtStillsRealFeelingsWantedSongFightingGrowsFeltPrideSkinsVulnerable Author:Amanda Palmer
“I feel that part of my life's artwork is creatively dealing with all this negativity and anger and rage and hatred coming from whatever corners it's coming from and somehow manifesting all of that anger into something positive, which is such a hard job.” FeelsHardJobsHatredCornersRageManifestNegativityArtwork Author:Amanda Palmer
“It feels like it is a daily work and an ongoing task to undo all of the f - - g programming that I have had all my life about who I am supposed to be and how I'm supposed to look and that I'm supposed to win. It's a daily deconstruction of all that bullshit.” FeelsLooksWinningTasksWho I AmSupposed To BeProgrammingBullshitOngoingDeconstructionDaily Work Author:Amanda Palmer
“Men find powerful women so threatening, and finding a partner was starting to look laughable, because I would be really attracted to guys and they would just be so threatened and I didn't like feeling threatening, I didn't want to feel threatened, I didn't want to feel like I was towering over anybody.” MenWantFeelsLooksFeelingsWould BeGuyPowerfulFindingsStartingPartnersThreatenedThreateningPowerful WomenLaughable Author:Amanda Palmer
“I wanted to feel like I could extend someone else's joy and not crush it, and that is the giant paradox nowadays of being a powerful woman: you want to live in a space of compassion and helpfulness and joy and expression, and the world is standing there, pointing the finger at you and telling you that you're greedy and domineering and attention-grabbing, and all you can do is shrug and just say, "Hopefully, someone out there understands and isn't misinterpreting."” WorldWantFeelsWantedJoyCan DoSpacePowerfulAttentionCompassionExpressionStandingFingersHopefullyGiantsCrushParadoxGreedyPointingPowerful WomenStanding ThereGrabbingHelpfulnessPointing Fingers Author:Amanda Palmer
“There are so many people, so many artists, so many magazines, so many theater companies, so many people trying to raise money for so many things that it's easy to look around and just feel powerless or helpless, because even if you have some resources, you can't help everybody.” PeopleIfsFeelsTryingLooksHelpingArtistEasyCompanyResourcesTheaterRaisesMagazinesHelplessPowerless Author:Amanda Palmer
“I feel like I've gotten to the point in my career and in my life where I can allow myself to write whatever comes into my head and not judge it too harshly.” FeelsWritingI CanCareersJudging Author:Amanda Palmer
“When I find myself having to share a meal with someone who simply wants to complain about the world, I almost feel myself wanting to crawl out of my skin and just sort of scurry away. But being able to pick up on that stuff and being able to easily identify the people walking towards the light instead of walking towards the darkness, that's a skill I'm very, very glad to see growing in myself.” PeopleWorldWantFeelsLightAbleStuffDarknessGrowingShareWalkingSkillsPicksSkinsComplainingGladMeals Author:Amanda Palmer
“I feel like if I were to play the game completely and just get myself in a giant bottle of nail polish and put myself on display, I would feel like I had somehow cosmically lost. I feel like I'm taking a bunch of the ingredients and using some of them but not all of them and shuffling around and making people think I'm doing my job.” PeopleIfsThinkingFeelsPlayJobsGamesLostBunchGiantsIngredientsBottlesDisplayNailsPolishShufflingNail Polish Author:Amanda Palmer
“I don't feel at home in New Orleans. I don't feel at home in Austin or L.A. And I just felt immediately at home in northern Australia.” FeelsHomeFeltAustraliaNew OrleansAustin Author:Amanda Palmer
“You know what’s really cool? Wake up every morning, decide what you feel like doing, and do it.” KnowsFeelsMorningWake UpEvery MorningReally Cool Author:Amanda Palmer
“There’s no “correct path” to becoming a real artist. You might think you’ll gain legitimacy by going to university, getting published, getting signed to a record label. But it’s all bullshit, and it’s all in your head. You’re an artist when you say you are. And you’re a good artist when you make somebody else experience or feel something deep or unexpected.” ThinkingFeelsRealMightArtistPathRecordsBecomingGainsUniversityLabelsUnexpectedBullshitGood ArtLegitimacyRecord LabelsGood ArtistReal Artists Author:Amanda Palmer
“I suffer mornings most of all I feel so powerless and small By ten o'clock I'm back in bed Fighting the jury in my head” FeelsSufferingFightingMorningBedTenClockPowerlessJuryI'm Back Author:Amanda Palmer
