“It's nice if people ask to use your song. You have to make a decision as an artist how you feel about that.” PeopleIfsFeelsUseArtistSongAsksDecisionNiceHow You Feel Author:Jared Leto
“I did pose for 'Black and White' magazine, a prestigious, artistic publication, several years ago... I did this as a piece of art and make no apologies for the creative decisions I've made as an artist in my 20-year career.” YearsArtMadeArtistBlackWhiteDecisionCareersCreativePiecesYears AgoMagazinesArtisticApologyBlack And WhitePublicationPrestigious Author:Andrea Thompson
“The decision as to when to photograph, the actual click of the shutter, is partly controlled from the outside, by the flow of life, but it also comes from the mind and the heart of the artist. The photograph is his vision of the world and expresses, however subtly, his values and convictions.” WorldMindHeartArtistValuesDecisionVisionFlowPhotographConvictionControlledClicksShutters Author:Paul Strand
“I don't think I've ever made any conscious decision to be a comic artist, but to me there's something quite anarchic about comedy.” ThinkingMadeArtistDecisionComedyHumourConsciousComic Author:David Shrigley
“It seems the deeper, truer personality of the artist only emerges in the making of decisions... in refusing and accepting, changing and revising.” SeemsArtistChoicesDecisionAcceptingPersonalityDeeperRevising Author:Bridget Riley
“It's understandable that the music companies that are comprised of people that are successful by making good creative decisions - they have to decide which out of fifty artists is the next hot one, with no data to go from. It's an intuitive process, and that's what they do well when they're successful. They don't understand technology.” PeopleWellsArtistNextProcessDecisionCompanyTechnologyCreativeSuccessfulHotDataFiftyIntuitive Author:Steve Jobs
“Art is one of the few products that is almost a totally emotional buy. It is a mystery what contributes to a person's personal taste. However, being educated about the artist and his/her career may influence your decision regarding a purchase.” MayPersonsArtArtistDecisionCareersMysteryInfluenceEmotionalProductsTasteArt IsEducatedPersonal Taste Author:Ernest West Basden
“To play chess on a truly high level requires a constant stream of exact, informed decisions, made in real time and under pressure from your opponent. What's more, it requires a synthesis of some very different virtues, all of which are necessary to good decisions: calculatioñ, creativity and a desire for results. If you ask a Grandmaster, an artist and a computer scientist what makes a good chess player, you'll get a glimpse of these different strengths in action.” IfsMadeDifferentRealPlayActionDesireArtistAsksDecisionLevelsResultsCreativityVirtuePlayerComputerScientistPressureConstantChessOpponentsStreamsGlimpseHigh LevelUnder PressureSynthesisChess PlayersDecisions MadeGood Decision Book:How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom Source: How Life Imitates Chess: Making the Right Moves, from the Board to the Boardroom
“I spent a lot of time, a lot of energy trying to be a better artist and I still [do]. I spend a lot of time focusing on my craft. If you're going to take your passion into something beyond just something for fun on the side, you got to spend a lot of time on it to be great, and then you've got to make smart decisions about who you collaborate with [and] where you live [to] put yourself in the right situations to meet the right people to catch those breaks.” PeopleIfsTryingStillsArtistPassionEnergyFunSidesDecisionSituationBreakSmartCraftsWhere You LiveSmart Decisions Author:John Legend
“Make this decision today. Will you be a good and honest writer, or would you rather be famous, loved, noticed? Tell me, because there are different paths for these two divergent goals. The decision to be a true artist is lonelier and slower, but it will lead to better work and, I think, a better life. Very rarely you will be a good and honest writer and also know a little comfort and some attention and the well wishes of a crowd. This is very rare.” ThinkingKnowsWellsLittlesTwoDifferentTodayArtistWishGoalDecisionAttentionPathHonestComfortCrowdsBetter LifeDivergentTrue ArtistsDifferent PathsWell Wishes Author:Tennessee Williams
“great artists can be uncertain. Of course they are while strugggling to find solutions. Tolstoi's scripts are almost indecipherable. Emily Dickinson provided four or more alternates for every word; Beethoven wrestled with endings to the point of exhaustion; in our day Jerome Robbins and his lack of decision are a byword in the dance profession. But all of these knew very well what they did not want, and what they did not want was the current coin, the well-worn usage. What they wanted was something newly experienced, and therefore unknown and hard to attain.” WantWellsHardWantedArtistCoursesDecisionFourSolutionsScriptsCurrentsProfessionSomething NewWornUncertainCoinsGreat ArtGreat ArtistExhaustionEmilyUsage Author:Agnes de Mille