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“In art, the only one who really knows whether what you've done is honest is the artist.”

Knows Art Done Artist Honest Integrity

Author:Bruce Nauman

“You can tell an honest artist from one who's just given all their songs.”

Artist Song Given Honest

Author:Rita Ora

“I'm very honest about the things I struggle with and I need to work on to survive as a solo artist.”

Needs Artist Struggle Honest Solo

Author:Aubrey O'Day

“Writing graffiti is about the most honest way you can be an artist. It takes no money to do it, you don't need an education to understand it, and there's no admission fee.”

Way Needs Writing Artist Honest No Money Fees Admission Get Money Graffiti

Author:Banksy

“It's the honest point of view of an artist: You have to please.I'd like viewers to come away from my films unsure whether they've understood them. I want to leave them wondering.”

Want Film Artist Views Wonder Honest Please Understood Point Of View Viewers Unsure

Author:Jean-Pierre Melville

“Cezanne is one of the most liberal artists I have ever seen... he grants that everyone may be as honest and as true to nature from their convictions; he doesn't believe that everyone should see alike.”

Should Believe May Artist Honest Conviction Grants Liberal Arts Cezanne

Author:Mary Cassatt

“Complete honesty has nothing to do with 'purity' or naivety. The full truth is unattainable to naivety, and the completely honest artist is not pure in heart.”

Heart Truth Artist Honest Honesty Truth Is Pure Purity Unattainable Naivety Complete Honesty

Book:Art and Culture: Critical Essays

Source: Art and Culture: Critical Essays

“I wanted to be an honest writer and show my ugliness as much as I showed my hopes or goodness. And that really sculpted the type of artist I've become.”

Shows Wanted Artist Honest Type Goodness Ugliness

Author:Jewel

“A Romantic ideology that predates rock glorifies the self-destructive artist as someone who's too honest and delicate for this world... It's not an easy job, and its stresses can take their toll.”

World Self Jobs Artist Easy Rocks Honest This World Stress Ideology Destructive Delicate Glorify Tolls Self Destructive

Author:Jon Pareles

“To be honest with you, I don't have one track that I consider better than the next because all I'm trying to do is still grow as an artist. I got way better since the early nineties, as far as putting words together. My best energy probably was the '90s, because I was new.”

Way Trying Stills Together Artist Next Energy Grows Honest Track Being Honest

Author:Raekwon

“What the artist should be asking is, "Am I being honest? Am I being myself? Am I searching for the truth? Am I reporting my experience of life and the world as I see and experience it?”

World Should Artist Honest Asking Being Honest Being Myself

Author:Scott Kahn

“I want to be real. I want to be a real person. That's what an artist is. An artist has to be honest. Without honesty, there's nothing.”

Want Persons Real Artist Honest Honesty Being Honest Being Real Real Person

Author:Miley Cyrus

“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.”

Thinking Knows Wells Littles Two Different Today Artist Wish Goal Decision Attention Path Honest Comfort Crowds Better Life Divergent True Artists Different Paths Well Wishes

Author:Tennessee Williams