“San Francisco has long been a leader in the arts, nurturing generations of painters, sculptors, poets, novelists, playwrights, film-makers, and performing artists and innovators of every kind.” KindLongArtFilmArtistLeaderGenerationsPoetPainterPerformingNovelistsMakersSan FranciscoPlaywrightNurturingInnovatorsSculptorsPerforming ArtsPerforming Artist Author:Gavin Newsom
“I don't consider myself an artist necessarily, but craftsmen or people in the arts, their spiritualism is sort of when you're writing well or performing well or doing whatever you do well, there's an element of that that's either God-given, a talent that you're not necessarily responsible for.” PeopleWritingWellsArtArtistGivenTalentElementsResponsiblePerformingCraftsmanSpiritualismWriting WellPerforming Well Author:Al Franken
“Not all, but too many of the best writers, composers, and artists of our time begin to be acclaimed only when they no longer have anything to say and take to performing instead of stating.” ArtistRecognitionPerformingOur TimeComposer Book:Hofmann: twelve color plates, twenty-one black and white illustrations Source: Hofmann: twelve color plates, twenty-one black and white illustrations
“I know if I wasn't making music and acting, I would be involved in the performing arts world in some way. I would be either writing and making music for other artists or producing movies.” IfsKnowsWorldWayWritingArtWould BeArtistActingInvolvedPerformingArt WorldPerforming ArtsProducing Movies Author:Claudia Lee
“If you're an artist like a really, really long time, it stops being a performance. I'm not performing anymore. I reveal myself to the audience... I show you some of me. It's not a show no more.” IfsLongShowsArtistAudienceLong TimePerformancesPerformingReally Long Author:Eddie Murphy
“A professional entertainer who allows himself to become known as a singer of folk songs is bound to have trouble with his conscience provided, of course, that he possesses one. As a performing artist, he will pride himself on timing and other techniques designed to keep the audience in his control ... his respect for genuine folklore reminds him that these changes, and these techniques, may give the audience a false picture of folk music.” GivingMayArtistSongCoursesKnownAudienceTroublePrideConscienceBoundsFolksTechniqueSingersGenuinePerformingTimingEntertainersFolkloreFolk MusicPerforming ArtsFolk SongsPerforming Artist Author:Sam Hinton