“You see so many artists who are so talented end up living sad, empty lives. This industry takes so much out of you that without the accountability and leaving God in the center, you can be left so empty and void.” EndsArtistLeftIndustryEmptyLeavingAccountabilityVoidEmpty Life Author:Stacie Orrico
“Why seek to embarrass [the artist] with vanities foreign to his quietness? Know you not that certain sciences require the whole man, leaving no part of him at leisure for your trifles?” KnowsMenWholeArtistCertainLeavingVanityLeisureTriflesQuietness Author:Leonardo da Vinci
“I'm not creating an enigma or leaving mystery, I'm just respecting myself enough as an artist to give myself room to grow and not to be devoured all in one go.” GivingEnoughArtistGrowsRoomsMysteryCreatingLeavingEnigma Author:Mika
“Cultures that may seem as durable as stone can break like glass, leaving all the things that held them together unattended. I believe that the craftsman, the artist, the cook, and the silversmith are peacemakers. They instill grace; they lull the world to calm.” WorldBelieveMaySeemsTogetherArtistCultureI BelieveBreakGraceStonesLeavingCalmGlassesCooksInstillPeacemakerCraftsmanLulls Book:House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East Source: House of Stone: A Memoir of Home, Family, and a Lost Middle East
“The man who tells the tale if he has a tale worth telling will know exactly what he is about and this business of the artist as a sort of starry-eyed inspired creature, dancing along, with his feet two or three feet above the surface of the earth, not really knowing what sort of prints he's leaving behind him, is nothing like the truth.” IfsKnowsMenTwoEarthArtistThreeBehindsKnowingFeetHe ManCreaturesDancingInspiredLeavingSurfaceTalesPrint Book:Lord of the Flies Source: Lord of the Flies
“I've got to think about what I'm going to say very carefully. There's two avenues of thought: Do you stop everyone going, ban all the artists coming in from Russia? But then you're really leaving the men and women who are gay and suffering under the antigay laws in an isolated situation. As a gay man, I can't leave those people on their own without going over there and supporting them. I don't know what's going to happen, but I've got to go.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMenI CanTwoHappensLawArtistSufferingSituationHe ManGayMen And WomenLeavingRussiaIsolatedAvenuesBansGay Men Author:Elton John
“My greatest fear in working is always the end. Lately I have taken to tricking myself into finishing by leaving a hole in the middle somewhere, then stitching the two pieces together - the Union Pacific approach.” TwoEndsTogetherArtistTakenPiecesMiddleApproachUnionsLeavingHolesFinishingPacificGreatest Fear Book:Push Comes to Shove Source: Push Comes to Shove