“An artist's job is simply to take the mirror in front of your face and hold it there. It's not to give you any answers. It is simply to take that mirror and point it at you.” GivingJobsFacesArtistAnswersFrontsMirrorsYour Face Author:Aasif Mandvi
“An artist must only judge of what he understands, his field is just as limited as that of any other specialist... That in his sphere there are no questions, but only answers, can only be maintained by those who have never written and have had no experience of thinking in images.” ArtistAnswersFieldsJudgmentCriticismRangeSpecialists Author:Anton Chekhov
“Perhaps the importance that we must attach to the achievement of an artist or a group of artists may properly be measured by the answer to the following question: Have they so wrought that it will be impossible henceforth, for those who follow, ever again to act as if they had not existed?” IfsMayArtistAnswersImpossibleGroupsAchievementImportanceFollowing Book:Walter Sickert: The Complete Writings on Art Source: Walter Sickert: The Complete Writings on Art
“This music that was supposed to only come from tapes like in any restaurant. Something would happened. One bird will start to do a little jazz thing, and another bird will start to answer.” LittlesArtistAnswersHappenedBirdJazzRestaurantsTape Author:John Hench
“I once asked a distinguished artist what place he gave to labor in art. "Labor," he in effect said, "is the beginning, the middle, and the end of art." Turning then to another--"And you," I inquired, "what do you consider as the great force in art?" "Love," he replied. In their two answers I found but one truth.” ArtSaidTwoEndsArtistFoundForceAnswersMiddleEffectsLaborDistinguishedArt Love Book:Intuitions and Summaries of Thought Source: Intuitions and Summaries of Thought
“When a young artist asks me a question, I want to do what I can to give them an answer if I have it within me. I know what I know. I won't make up stuff. But if it's something I've been through, I'll share my experiences and tell them the truth.” IfsKnowsWantGivingI CanYoungArtistAsksStuffAnswersShareAsk MeYoung Artists Author:Michael Tait
“Real artists find answers. The knowledge of the artisan is within the confines of his skills. For example, I know a lot about lenses, about the editing room. I know what the different buttons on the camera are for. I know more or less how to use a microphone. I know all that, but that's not real knowledge. Real knowledge is knowing how to live, why we live, things like that.” KnowsDifferentRealUseArtistAnswersRoomsKnowingExampleSkillsCamerasButtonsEditingLensesMicrophonesArtisansReal KnowledgeReal Artists Author:Krzysztof Kieslowski