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“Real artists take the misery and sadness of life and translate it into art.”

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Author:Josh Peck

“As soon as I got into music, I tried to be a working, real artist who gets paid for what he does, who doesn't have a day job.”

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Author:Black Francis

“The real artist while he paints does not think of the sale, only of the need to make a beautiful living thing.”

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Author:Irving Stone

“A real artist may create his picture in a lonely desert... gods look over his shoulder; he creates in their company. What does he care whether or not anybody admires his picture?”

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Book:The arts and their mission

Source: The arts and their mission

“Art is a vocation, as much as anything in this world. For the real artist, it is the most natural thing in the world, not as necessary as air and water, perhaps, but as food and water. But we really do lead almost a monastic life, you know; to follow it you very often have to give up something.”

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Book:Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations

Source: Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations

“The real artist is striving to depict his subject's character and to stress the caricature, but at least it is art which is alive.”

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Author:William Dobell

“Unlearning is the choice, conscious or unconscious, of any real artist. And it is the true sign of maturity.”

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Author:Madeleine L'Engle

“Think it's so unfair when people think that you're not a "real artist" unless you're getting paid for it....I personally know so many poets that work a 9 to 5 in a cubicle and come home and write poetry. Their poetry is just as powerful and moving as anything that I've ever written, if not more.”

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Author:Sarah Kay

“Many of us believe that 'real artists' do not experience self-doubt. In truth, artists are people who have learned to live with doubt and do the work anyway.”

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Book:The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition

Source: The Artist's Way: 25th Anniversary Edition

“Real artists find answers. The knowledge of the artisan is within the confines of his skills. For example, I know a lot about lenses, about the editing room. I know what the different buttons on the camera are for. I know more or less how to use a microphone. I know all that, but that's not real knowledge. Real knowledge is knowing how to live, why we live, things like that.”

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Author:Krzysztof Kieslowski

“Real artists, it seems to me, are those who don't repeat themselves.”

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Author:Joanna Russ