“There are artists, true performers that have come before me who have been a big inspiration to me. I hope I do the same for others.” Has BeensBigsInspirationArtistPerformers Author:Janet Jackson
“The objective.. is to achieve a comfort level between the cook/artist/performer and the customer/viewer/diner. And if we can achieve that, and the customers are happy and the cooks are happy, then we have a great experience.” IfsArtistLevelsAchieveComfortCookingCustomersObjectivesCooksPerformersViewersGreat ExperiencesDiners Author:Mario Batali
“In the early days of my carer as an actor, I shared what was then the prevailing attitude of Negro performers :;that the content and form of a play or a film scenario was of little importance to us. What mattered was was the opportunity, which came so seldom to our folks ... Later I came to understand that the Negro artist could not view the matter simply in terms of of his individual interests, and that he had a responsibility to his people who rightfully resented the traditional stereotyped portrayals of Negros on stage and screen.” PeopleLittlesMatterPlayFilmFormArtistActorsOpportunityIndividualTermInterestViewsAttitudeResponsibilityStageImportanceFolksScreensTraditionalPerformersScenariosPrevailingPortrayal Author:Paul Robeson
“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
“I moved on to the University of California, Berkley, coordinating interpreters for Deaf students at the university. The first year I was at Berkley, we brought in artists, performers, actors, and poets to create a Deaf arts festival. I did a lot of the interpreting for the stage performers. By the second year, I realized that I really liked producing arts festivals that had to do something with signing.” YearsFirstsArtArtistActorsStageStudentsPoetMovedUniversityI RealizedCaliforniaPerformersDeafFestivalsSigningMoved OnInterpretingInterpreterCoordinatingI Moved On Author:Jack Jason
“To be a qawwal is more than being a performer, more than being an artist. One must be willing to release one's mind and soul from one's body to achieve ecstasy through music. Qawwali is enlightenment itself.” MindSoulBodyArtistAchieveWillingEnlightenmentReleaseEcstasyPerformersBeing An Artist Author:Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
“It took time to really build myself a reputation as a good live performer, a musician and an artist.” ArtistMusicianReputationPerformers Author:Ellie Goulding
“There were times in my career ... when I felt like a trapeze artist doing dangerous somersaults without a net underneath. When you execute those somersaults flawlessly, the audience feels the same sense of triumph the performer does.” FeelsDoeArtistFeltCareersAudienceDangerousTriumphPerformersTrapezeTrapeze Artists Author:Beverly Sills
“I'm interested in confronting police brutality and police abuse of cracking down on street performers and street artists, but also in valorizing street art as legitimate performance within the artistic sphere, where it's so often conflated with pan-handling and begging and not "successful" art. I want to change laws around street performance.” WantArtLawArtistSuccessfulStreetsPerformancesAbusePoliceArtisticPerformersSpheresPolice BrutalityBrutalityBeggingConfrontingStreet ArtStreet Performers Author:Kalan Sherrard