“It's never the same relationship. I see my job as filling in the blanks. Whatever it is that the artist lacks in the process of making a record, I'm supposed to fill that in. And sometimes it's a lot of stuff and I have to hector them about working on the material and that sort of thing. Sometimes you have an artist that's really fairly self-sufficient; they just need another ear to offer some objective criticism, but otherwise pretty much know what they're doing. It varies a lot.” KnowsNeedsSelfSometimesJobsArtistStuffProcessRecordsMaterialsOffersCriticismEarsObjectivesSufficientFillingVarySelf SufficientHectorFilling In Author:Todd Rundgren
“I've had production offers with artists I really admire, and oftentimes that doesn't work out. Sometimes it does, but... For instance I was asked if I wanted to do a Talking Heads album back in the late '70s, early '80s, and I was already working on a different project and didn't have time, so I never got the opportunity to work with them.” IfsDoeDifferentSometimesWantedArtistOpportunityTalkingOffersProjectsLateAlbumsProductionsWork OutAdmireInstance80sTalking Heads Author:Todd Rundgren
“There is no communication with any public whatsoever. The artist can ask no question, and he makes no statement; he offers no information, and his work cannot be used. It is the end product which counts.” EndsUsedArtistAsksInformationProductsCommunicationOffersStatementsNo Communication Book:Baselitz, paintings 1960-83 Source: Baselitz, paintings 1960-83
“The greatest artists have never been men of taste. By never sophisticating their instincts they have never lost the awareness of the great simplicities, which they relish both from appetite and from the challenge these offer to skill in competition with popular art.” MenArtArtistLostChallengesAwarenessTasteOffersSkillsCompetitionInstinctSimplicityAppetiteRelish Author:Jacques Barzun
“There's nothing like a little fear or hunger to motivate one's inspiration. To take that away from a young artist can offer quite a disservice.” LittlesInspirationYoungArtistMotivationOffersHungerDisserviceYoung Artists Author:Ken Danby
“Frightening for many artists is promoting themselves. They feel it is... artificial and not what we want to be known for. Yet if we start thinking about what we do as important and important to offer to people, not to sell... it allows us to shift the way we think about promoting ourselves.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayWantFeelsImportantArtistKnownOffersSellsSellingArtificialFrighteningPromoting Author:Adam Leipzig
“Roth Unbound is filled with intelligent readings and smart judgments. Because of the author's sympathy and sharp mind, it offers real insight into the creative process itself, and into Philip Roth's high calling as a great American artist. The book is, in some ways, a radical rereading of Roth's life and his work. It is impossible, by the end, not to feel a tender admiration for Roth as a novelist and indeed for Claudia Roth Pierpont as an empathetic and brilliant critic.” WayFeelsMindBookRealEndsArtistReadingProcessCreativeImpossibleCallingOffersJudgmentSmartIntelligentFilledCriticsInsightBrilliantRadicalNovelistsWorking ItAdmirationCreative ProcessGreat AmericanPhilipEmpatheticRereadingUnboundClaudia Author:Colm Toibin