T Quotes
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“The artist, like the idiot or clown, sits on the edge of the world, and a push may send him over it.”
Source: Left Hand, Right Hand!: An Autobiography
“The artist, surgeon, through clay form, can only look for cure with great obstinacy until he discovers, repeatedly, that love is god's only gift that enables man to transcend his tragedy and regain his wholeness and well-being beyond the claws of evil, rampaging as evil may be.”
“The artist, viewing his fellows through his personal vision, has through the ages attempted to portray what he sees and to present his understanding of it. Censorship in his case has perpetrated heavy and sometimes reprehensible blunders.”
“The artist, who must venture into the studio and risk there, and then venture into the marketplace and risk again, is obliged to learn how her defences work, so that she can drop and raise her guard instantly.”
Source: Affirmations for Artists
“The Artist," an ancient sage had once said, "is always sitting on the doorsteps of the rich.”
“The artist-muse relationship is romantic and passionate, and complex, and I would imagine that would be a hard relationship to have if you're not with the person. It requires so much of each other, you have to be in love with each other.”
“The artist... may suppose that ideas are his chief currency; but unless he is also attuned to feelings, in life and in art, he will not move his fellow human beings.”
Source: Affirmations for Artists
“The artist... standing in the position of mediator between the world of his experience and the world of his dreams - 'a mediator, consequently gifted with twin faculties, a selective faculty and a reproductive faculty.' To equate these faculties was the secret of artistic success.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of James Joyce (Illustrated)
“The artist...is the voice of the people.”
“The artistic capability of reinforced concrete is so fantastic - that is the way to go.”
“The artistic creation of the poet, painter, photographer, and writer is a reflection of the artist’s inner world. The agenda of consciousness that spurs all forms of art is not to represent the outward appearance of things, but to portray its inward significance to the creator. A great poem, painting, photograph, and written composition fully express what the creator feels, in the deepest sense, about the distinctively depicted image that captured their imagination.”
Source: Dead Toad Scrolls
“The artistic desire reveals itself in dark form - in karaoke bars [or] trolling on the Internet.”
“The artistic disposition is little more than an extreme form of sulking.”
Source: Saint Morrissey: A Portrait of This Charming Man by an Alarming Fan
“The artistic element of Manhattan has kind of moved to Brooklyn. Has it changed it? Yeah. Has it ruined it? I would say no. It is what it is. I say better that than an urban war zone.”
“The artistic experience, at its highest, was actually a natural analogue of mystical experience. It produced a kind of intuitive of perception.”
Source: The Seven Storey Mountain
“The artistic formulae wear thin quickly and yet daily the artist - when developing his own foundation - must enter his own time and the problems of other contemporary artists. Paths cross and the soil of time is starting to be turned.”
Source: Asger Jorn
“THE ARTISTIC IMAGE IS ALWAYS A METONYM, WHERE ONE THING IS SUBSTITUTED FOR ANOTHER, THE SMALLER FOR THE GREATER. TO TELL OF WHAT IS LIVING, THE ARTIST USES SOMETHING DEAD; TO SPEAK OF THE INFINITE, HE SHOWS THE FINITE.”
“The artistic image is not intended to represent the thing itself, but, rather, the reality of the force the thing contains.”
“The artistic impulse seems not to wish to produce finished work. It certainly deserts us half-way, after the idea is born; and if we go on, it is labor.”
Source: This Simian World
“The artistic life is a long, lovely suicide.”
Source: Letters
“The artistic path is a fearless occupation.”
“The artistic process in digital art is very much the same as for making other kinds of paintings.”
“The artistic process seems to be mythologized quite a lot into something far greater than it actually is. It is just hard labor.”
“The artistic reward for refuting the received national tradition is liberation. The price is homelessness. Interior exile.”
Source: Cooling Time: An American Poetry Vigil
“The artistic temperament is a disease that affects amateurs. Artists of a large and wholesome vitality get rid of their art easily, as they breathe easily or perspire easily. But in artists of less force, the thing becomes a pressure, and produces a definite pain, which is called the artistic temperament.”
Source: Heretics
“The artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs. It is a disease which arises from men no having sufficient power of expression to utter and get rid of the element of art in their being.”
“The artistic temperament is particularly unhelpful if it is just that, with no end product.”
“The artistry on the show [ Underground] is apparent in each episode. From the riveting writing to the purposeful and precise direction, the masterful work of the DP [Director of Photography] Kevin McKnight and his crew, and the layers and depths each actor goes to to ensure we the audience feel a human connection to these characters led me to sign my name on the dotted line.”
“The artists always reflect the times, so there's a lot to think about, a lot of unknowns, a lot of things that are describable. This is the closest I've seen to the kind of ambience that made the '60s happen. It's not about the artist having a responsibility to do anything. They have to be artists and express themselves and everything will work out fine.”
“The artists are now big brands.”
“The artists catch what's in the air. It's not because the artist "felt like it" or is a guru who channels the truth of the universe in some opaque, abstract way, or even in a realistic painting. The comics artist is someone who has the humility to set himself up in public culture and to communicate with the reader. If your image doesn't make sense, it's your problem, and I shouldn't publish it.”
“The artists could be dead, but some of them are not so distant from us, and make us feel as if they are alive with us. Such artists are worth calling "contemporary artists".”
“The artists I look up to are the ones who push their own limits.”
“The artists in country music who stopped having hits are the ones who were led into something that wasn't them.”
“The artists of Asia have spiritually realized form, rather than aesthetically invented or imitated form, and from them I have learned that art and nature are mind's Environment within which we can detect the essence of man's Being and Purpose, and from which we can draw clues to guide our journey from partial consciousness to full consciousness.”
“The artists of the past who impressed me were the ones who really focused their work.”
“The artists that I love- whether painters or filmmakers- it's because something resonates in me because I've felt it.”
“The artists that impress me most have a purpose: to clear the fog - in their minds and ours. They revealed something unique to me that had been shrouded in mist.”
Source: Lie like an artist: Communicate successfully by focusing on essential truths
“The artists ultimately respond to the public.”
“The artists we love, they put their fingerprint on your imagination, and on your heart and your soul.”
“The artists who endure are the ones who stay focused even after they have reached the top of their profession.”
“The artists who have inspired me the most in my life are the ones who have really had something to say and stand up for. That, to me, is part of being an artist-having the voice to express things that need to be verbalized and brought to light. Unfortunately, I don't think that's a priority for people, because the few artists who do have the nerve to take a stand for what they believe get shut down in a way.”
“The artists who stand out to me have a passion for what they do. There are a lot of people who can sing. It's just like when you go to church and people are singing because it sounds good, not because it feels good. There's a difference.”
“The artists who the world has always recognized as the greatest are those with the widest sympathy. The greatness of the great artist depends precisely on the width and the intensity of his sympathy.”
“The artists who want to be writers, read the reviews; the artists who want to write, don't.”
“The artist’s aim is not to instruct the viewer, but to give information, whether the viewer understands the information is incidental to the artist.”
“The artist’s job, I think, is to be a conduit for mystery.”
“The artist’s memory is a dangerous, necessary thing. Never disavow what you see and remember-it’s your brilliant stock-in-trade: remembering, and making something out of it. Artists remember the world as it is, first, because you have to know what it is you’re reinventing; that’s a rule, perhaps the only one: being cognizant of your source material.”
“The artist’s task is to save the soul of mankind; and anything less is a dithering while Rome burns. Because of the artists, who are self-selected, for being able to journey into the Other, if the artists cannot find the way, then the way cannot be found.”
“The artivist (artist +activist) uses her artistic talents to fight and struggle against injustice and oppression – by any medium necessary. The artivist merges commitment to freedom and justice with the pen, the lens, the brush, the voice, the body, and the imagination. The artivist knows that to make an observation is to have an obligation.”