“I feel totally female. I didn't compete with men and I don't want to look like a man! I love being a lady and dressing up and masquerading and wearing all the fineries. I'm breaking down the idea that the artist has to look poor, with berets.” MenWantFeelsLooksIdeasArtistLove IsPoorFemaleBreaking DownDressingsDressing UpBeing A Lady Author:Louise Berliawsky Nevelson
“As for famous men who were not artists, I am beginning to be tired of them. Those poor little scoundrels who are called great men fill me with nothing but overwhelming horror.” MenLittlesArtistPoorGreatnessHorrorTiredGreat MenOverwhelmingScoundrels Author:Franz Liszt
“Poverty when coupled with creativeness is usually free of frustration. This is true of the poor artisan skilled in his trade and of the poor writer, artist, and scientist in the full possession of creative powers. Nothing so bolsters our self-confidence and reconciles us with ourselves as the continuous ability to create; to see things grow and develop under our hand, day in, day out. The decline of handicrafts in modern times is perhaps one of the causes for the rise of frustration and the increased susceptibility of the individual to mass movements.” SelfHandsArtistIndividualGrowsCausesAbilityPoorPovertyCreativeModernMovementMassScientistTradePossessionSelf ConfidenceFrustrationDeclineReconcileModern TimesCreative PowerCreativenessArtisansSusceptibilityHandicrafts Book:THE TRUE BELIEVER Source: THE TRUE BELIEVER
“Everything that would begin to make somebody a good student would tend to make him or her a poor artist, and vice versa.” ArtistPoorStudentsVicesVice VersaGood Students Author:Peter Schjeldahl
“To desire to be an artist is to desire to be a complete man in respect to some one function, to realize yourself utterly. A man is a poor thing who is content not to be an artist.” MenDesireArtistRealizingPoorFunction Author:Charles Horton Cooley
“It's a poor artist who borrows--a good artist steals.” ArtistPoorStealingGood ArtGood Artist Author:Pablo Picasso
“There are so many intellectual and moral angels battling for rationalism, good citizenship, and pure spirituality; so many and such eminent ones, so very vocal and authoritative! The poor devil in man needs all the support and advocacy he can get. The artist is his natural champion. When an artist deserts to the side of the angels, it is the most odious of treasons.” MenNeedsArtistSpiritualitySidesNaturalPoorMoralSupportPureIntellectualDevilAngelDesertChampionCitizenshipVocalAdvocacyRationalismGood CitizenGood Citizenship Book:Collected Works: Do what you will Source: Collected Works: Do what you will
“Our role as artist is more controversial now because there are those, claiming the absolute authority of religion, who detest much of our work as much as they detest most of our politics. Instead of rationally debating subjects like abortion or gay rights, they condemn as immoral those who favor choice and tolerance. They disown their own dark side and magnify everyone else's until, at the extreme, doctors are murdered in the name of protecting life. I wonder, who is this God they invoke, who is so petty and mean? Is God really against gun control and food stamps for poor children?” MeanChildrenArtistChoicesNamesSidesDarkPoorWonderRolesRightsSubjectsGayAuthorityGunDoctorsAbsolutesExtremesFavorsToleranceAbortionGun ControlStampsImmoralPettyControversialDark SideGay RightsInvokeDetestFood StampsPoor Children Author:Barbra Streisand