“Artist refers to a person, willfully enmeshed in a dilemma of categories, who performs as if none of them existed.” IfsPersonsArtistCategoriesDilemma Book:Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life Source: Essays on the Blurring of Art and Life
“I guess maybe my art can be said to be a protest. I see things a certain way, and as an artist I’m privileged in that arena to protest or say publicly what I’m thinking about. Maybe the strongest work I’ve done is because it was done with indignation. Considering myself as a feminist, I don’t want my work to be a reaction to what male art might be or what art with a capital A would be. I just want it to be art. In a convoluted way, I am protesting- protesting the usual way art is looked at, being shoved into a period or category.” ThinkingWayWantArtSaidDoneMightWould BeArtistCertainPeriodsArt IsMalesFeministReactionsProtestStrongestCategoriesUsualConsideringPrivilegedArenaIndignationConvoluted Author:Nancy Spero
“I don't fall into the category of tortured artist. But it's not made me more or less anything.” MadeArtistFallCategoriesTortured Artists Author:Noel Gallagher
“I think that people have been claiming hip-hop as being dead since the moment it started. I think there are people - and I can be included in that category sometimes - that get frustrated feeling like maybe the industry has handcuffed itself, or trained its artists to do or think about music in a way that classically hasn't led to the greatest records in hip-hop.” PeopleThinkingWayHas BeensI CanSometimesMomentsFeelingsArtistRecordsIndustryHip HopHipsHopsCategoriesFrustrated Author:El-P
“I think an artist can fit under a few different categories depending on how much you explore your creativity. It can vary from artist to artist from musician to performer to vocalist. I thrive on creativity. So in the long run I want to be an all around entertainer.” ThinkingWantLongDifferentRunningArtistCreativityFitMusicianThriveCategoriesPerformersLong RunsVaryEntertainersVocalist Author:Christina Aguilera
“Labels only confuse people. The smarter people recognize artists who transcend categories. But I always try to entertain. It's in my nature; writers are born to entertain. If that means working ostensibly within a genre, fine.” PeopleIfsTryingMeanArtistBornFineLabelsGenreCategoriesSmarter Author:John Shirley