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“Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, said Browning, and so it has - extended by the length of an artist's brush.”

Men Should Said Artist Ambition Length Brushes Exceed

Author:Robert Breault

“When something is just bad, it's often because it is too mediocre in its ambition. The artist hasn't attempted to do anything really outlandish.”

Artist Ambition Mediocrity Mediocre Outlandish

Author:Susan Sontag

“As to what I would like to be, it is difficult to say. An artist of some kind. If nothing else I shall always study the Arts.”

Ifs Kind Art Artist Difficult Study Ambition

Book:American Letters: 1927-1947

Source: American Letters: 1927-1947

“I always wonder what drives us as Artists.”

Artist Wonder Ambition

Author:Diana Krall

“The student's ambition should be to become a painter's painter, rather than a popular painter. The approbation of fellow artists based on sympathy and understanding is manifestly better than the fickle or fast homage of the greater public.”

Should Artist Understanding Greater Students Ambition Fellows Painter Homage Fickle

Author:Walter J. Phillips

“Ambition is vital, but dangerous: it is a keen motive and a driving force, but over what edge can it drive the artist?”

Artist Force Dangerous Ambition Edges Driving Motive Driving Force

Book:Affirmations for Artists

Source: Affirmations for Artists

“At the core of everything I do, is not my ambition but my desire to make music. Somewhere along the line I stumbled onto something that was bigger, different than anything I had ever imagined, which was actually being involved with other people. I just don't live the average artist's life.”

People Different Desire Artist Lines Involved Ambition Bigger Average Core My Ambition

Author:El-P

“If you have ambitions to go beyond your dreams, you should not seek to copy others' styles, but rather aim to acquire the fundamentals of the timeless principles of academic school, which is a prerequisite for the development of your Uniqueness as an Artist.”

Ifs Should Dream School Artist Principles Style Development Ambition Aim Fundamentals Your Dreams Acquire Copies Academic Uniqueness Timeless Prerequisites

Author:Igor Babailov

“If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?”

Ifs Men Inspirational Artist Time Youth Ambition Vanity Maturity Boyhood

Author:Vincent Van Gogh