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“Unauthorized use of these MP3 files is really creating a problem for artists in the music community.”

Use Problem Artist Community Creating Files Mp3

Author:Hilary Rosen

“Artistic qualities that once seemed undeniable don't seem so now. Sometimes these fluctuations are only fickleness of taste, momentary glitches in an artist's work, or an artist getting ahead of his audience (it took me ten years to catch up to Albert Oehlen). Other times, however, these problems mean there's something wrong with the art.”

Years Mean Art Sometimes Problem Seems Artist Quality Audience Taste Ten Artistic Momentary Fluctuation Glitches

Author:Jerry Saltz

“I'm not a politician. I don't know how to solve the problems of the world. But as an artist, I have one duty: to ask questions.”

Knows World Problem Artist Asks Know How Duty Politician Solve

Author:Marjane Satrapi

“The problem was Le Corbusier was a genius and an enormous artist, but he tried to resolve problems to which there is no solution. So the idea to demolish the centre of Paris in order to adapt it to the car - he drew it! - is something not even the most bloody dictators conceived.”

Ideas Problem Artist Order Car Genius Solutions Enormous Paris Resolve Dictator Bloody Centre Demolish

Author:Leon Krier

“There are two ways. One is to be a puppet, follow the culture, and do whatever they want. That was mentally disturbing to me, and still is. And the other way is to go out. I knew there would be problems from my family, and also from my environment. But I thought that physical pain would be better than the mental pain. And I started working as an artist.”

Way Want Stills Two Problem Would Be Pain Artist Culture Environment My Family Disturbing Two Ways Puppets Physical Pain Mental Pain

Author:Malina Suliman

“You confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly. It is only the second that is obligatory for an artist.”

Two Problem Artist Two Things

Book:The Collected Works of Anton Chekhov: Novellas, Short Stories, Plays, Letters & Diary: Three Sisters, Seagull , The Shooting Party, Uncle Vanya, Cherry Orchard, Chameleon, Tripping Tongue, On The Road, Vanka, Ward No. Six, Swedish Match, Nightmare, Bear, Reluctant Hero, Joy…

Source: The Collected Works of Anton Chekhov: Novellas, Short Stories, Plays, Letters & Diary: Three Sisters, Seagull , The Shooting Party, Uncle Vanya, Cherry Orchard, Chameleon, Tripping Tongue, On The Road, Vanka, Ward No. Six, Swedish Match, Nightmare, Bear, Reluctant Hero, Joy…

“If you're an artist, the problem is to make a picture work whether you are happy or not.”

Ifs Problem Happiness Artist

Author:Willem de Kooning

“The primary role of the music industry is to have artists be heard above the rest. It's a big needle in a haystack problem. The Internet has the service and tools to find the needle in a haystack.”

Problem Bigs Artist Roles Heard Industry Internet Tools Primaries Needles Music Industry Needle In A Haystack

Author:Ali Partovi

“The artistic formulae wear thin quickly and yet daily the artist - when developing his own foundation - must enter his own time and the problems of other contemporary artists. Paths cross and the soil of time is starting to be turned.”

Problem Artist Path Crosses Foundation Starting Contemporary Artistic Developing Soil

Book:Asger Jorn

Source: Asger Jorn

“You are right in demanding that an artist should take an intelligent attitude to his work, but you confuse two things: solving a problem and stating a problem correctly.”

Two Different Problem Artist Demand Different Things Posing Two Different Things

Author:Anton Chekhov

“What to paint was a problem for the war artist... the old heroics, the death and glory stuff, were gone forever... the impressionistic technique I had developed was now ineffective, for visual impressions were not enough.”

War Enough Problem Artist Stuff Gone Forever Glory Paint Technique Impression Visuals Impressionism

Author:A. Y. Jackson

“Obviously, it's designed by record company executives who want a cheap success, and they don't want to give money to anybody and they don't want to give contracts, so they've created this world of very bubbly teenagers who want to be "idols" and they think all they have to do is mime quite well and they've made it. ... But it's not the problem of the kids, it's the problem of the record companies, because it's just an inexpensive way for them to have so-called, I won't say "artists", but erm...You're nodding, you know what I mean.”

“Every artist's problem today is: What will we do with the human?”

Humans Problem Today Artist

Book:Mark Tobey, art and belief

Source: Mark Tobey, art and belief

“The precision of their goals allows conceptual artists to be satisfied that they have produced one or more works that achieve a particular purpose... a problem solved can free him to pursue new goals.”

Problem Purpose Artist Goal Achieve Particular Satisfied Pursue Precision New Goal

Book:Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity

Source: Old Masters and Young Geniuses: The Two Life Cycles of Artistic Creativity

“I don't really have a problem with the pain of life. Perhaps that is because I am a martial artist and I am used to dealing with pain. Or perhaps I adjusted to pain because there has been a great deal of it in my life.”

Has Beens Problem Pain Used Artist Deals Buddhism Martial Arts Rama Martial Artist

Author:Frederick Lenz

“A real good artist is basically a grown-up kid, who never kills the kid. What we call being an adult is basically about killing the kid. People think you have to forget about the kid to become an adult and deal with grown-up problems. But, that's bullshit. We are still kids. It's the same, you just grow up. You're a kid with more experience.”

People Thinking Stills Real Problem Kids Artist Grows Forget Deals Growing Up Adults Killing Bullshit Good Art Good Artist

Author:Quentin Dupieux

“Some say it appears that painting has come to an end. I say the problem is that the painters' curiosity has come to an end, and this is more observable in the West and not in the East, since in the East there are plenty of untouched and unexplored spaces that could still inspire an artist as sources of creativity.”

Stills Ends Problem Artist Space Creativity Inspire Painting Source West Curiosity East Painter Plenty Unexplored

Author:Guity Novin

“I am biased towards the belief that every painter must be grounded in strong and faultless drawing skills, and until one has not experimented with all styles of painting and has not comprehended their potentialities one's work is not complete. Even an abstract painter must know how to draw as well as a figurative artist. As for me, drawing has never created any problem, since I know how to draw anatomy correctly if I had to, I understand the function of muscle groups and sculpture.”

Ifs Knows Wells Problem Artist Belief Strong Know How Groups Style Painting Skills Draws Function Drawing Painter Abstract Muscles Grounded Sculpture Anatomy Biased

Author:Guity Novin

“Actually solving the puzzles in the book isn't going to improve anyone's writing, but "trying to solve the puzzle" is one way to think about what a lot of us - writers and other artists - do every day. Step one is to recognize the problem, step two is deciding what constraints you want to impose or respect, and step three is finding a pleasing/surprising/exciting solution.”

Thinking Way Want Writing Trying Two Book Problem Artist Three Steps Findings Solutions Exciting Solve One Way Surprising Puzzles Constraints

Author:Peter Turchi

“Anybody who loves country music loves gospel. Even they are competing with the same type of problem that I'm competing with. We older artists are competing with the new style of country, with their new modern style of gospel, with the young people.”

People Country Problem Young Artist Modern Style Type Competing Music Love Country Love

Author:George Jones