“I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.” PeopleThinkingArtArtistRealizingResponsibilityCreativityCreativeComplexesPositive Thoughts Author:Jodie Foster
“To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are variations on a theme.” ThinkingBookArtistAlbumsStatementsThemeVariation Author:Mark Mothersbaugh
“I think that's an important lesson for young people who want to be artists: You have to find someone who believes in you and who will help you find that time where you don't have to think about a job but just making work. If I didn't have those people in my life, I wouldn't be in the position I'm in.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantBelieveImportantHelpingJobsYoungArtistPositionLessonsBelieve In YouImportant Lessons Author:Ryan McGinley
“I think people would actually be surprised by what we put out. Unfortunately the shadow that the original founders cast was that they were just artists that can't write books so people swept the whole of Image with that paintbrush.” PeopleThinkingWritingBookWholeArtistShadowOriginalsCastsFoundersPaintbrush Author:Todd McFarlane
“As awesome as it is to be with a big act and get three catered meals a day and get a dressing room with an actual shower in it, it's hard sometimes as a new artist to come across in 25 minutes. You get 25 minutes to hopefully impress these people. I think the longer set is more suitable for us and gives us an opportunity to connect better.” PeopleThinkingGivingSometimesHardBigsArtistThreeOpportunityRoomsMinutesHopefullyMealsShowersImpressDressingsSuitableDressing RoomsNew Artists Author:David Nail
“I think every artist would love to just please themselves musically all day long.” ThinkingLongArtistPlease Author:Joe Nichols
“People resist change; if they like something, then they want you to keep doing it over and over - but I think if you like what a particular band or artist does, then you should want to see what they're going to do next.” PeopleIfsThinkingWantShouldDoeArtistNextParticularBandLike Something Author:Conor Oberst
“My favorite actor is Sir Ben Kingsley - nobody is as good as him, in my opinion. I think he's so good as an artist.” ThinkingArtistActorsOpinionMy Favorite Author:Josh Peck
“Success gave me confidence as an artist. And now I'm able to do what I want without anybody thinking it's dumb.” ThinkingWantAbleArtistDumb Author:Amy Lee
“The Internet has been a great outlet for storytelling. After all, there are web-based shows that have started online and have then gotten picked up. I think it's a great opportunity for artists to get through the network roadblock. It just allows us another venue to be creative in.” ThinkingHas BeensShowsArtistOpportunityCreativeInternetStorytellingOnlineBe CreativeOutletsGreat OpportunityVenuesRoadblock Author:Eva LaRue
“Most people think in order to validate yourself as an artist, you have to write your own songs. I commend the guys that do. I've done it. But I also think that you can pick great songs outside that you didn't write that can help your career.” PeopleThinkingWritingDoneHelpingArtistGuySongOrderCareersPicksWrite Your Own Author:Jake Owen
“Some artists will tell you that's all they want to do is write their own music, and that's great, but George Strait, Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Garth Brooks, they didn't write everything they recorded, and they've had major, major careers. I think it's all about the best song.” ThinkingWantWritingArtistSongCareersMajorsBrooksKenny Author:Jake Owen
“Artists, writers and people in creative fields are entrepreneurs by necessity. Nobody gives them a paycheck or picks up their medical insurance. The ones who succeed learn to think and act like 'independent operators.' I think people who are technically 'employees' have to think this way as well. The company is not looking out for you.” PeopleThinkingWayGivingWellsArtistCompanyCreativeFieldsSucceedPicksIndependentEntrepreneurMedicalEmployeePaychecksOperatorsMedical Insurance Author:Steven Pressfield
“I like what I see now in China, but I think the Japanese are a step ahead into craziness and weirdness. I go to galleries there that are the size of a New York elevator, and every time I'm surprised by the amazing things I find. I really hope I'll be able to promote some of these artists, to show their work in the West.” ThinkingShowsAbleArtistStepsNew YorkWestSizeChinaGalleryAmazing ThingsElevatorsCrazinessWeirdness Author:Jean Pigozzi
“I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.” PeopleThinkingLongImportantArtistListsBunchTeenager Author:Madeleine Peyroux
“Basically everything I've done in art, I was in possession of when I was 20 years old. I use a waste retrieval method of working. I'll go back and use something that disgusted me 15 years ago but that I had enough sense to think about. Some artists change dramatically. I see my work more like history being written.” ThinkingYearsArtDoneEnoughUseArtistWrittenWasteYears AgoMethodPossessionHad EnoughDisgusted Author:Edward Ruscha
“I think of myself as a producer who tries to bring the best out of everyone, whether that be an artist, songwriter or a publicist.” ThinkingTryingArtistProducersSongwritersPublicists Author:L.A. Reid
“I think it's harder than ever to be an artist. I think that you end up, especially as a middle-aged person, you pay such big consequences for saying, 'I'm just going to devote my life to making art,' or 'I'm going to devote my life to writing novels.' You end up with no resources.” ThinkingWritingPersonsArtEndsBigsArtistPayNovelMiddleConsequenceResourcesHarderMiddle Aged Author:Dana Spiotta
“I think Chicago people are very special people, and the Midwest's confluence of East Coast-meets-Midwest sensibilities had to, on a formative level, inform me as an artist and an actor. In that sense, it had to have helped me.” PeopleThinkingArtistActorsLevelsSpecialEastChicagoSensibilityCoastMidwestEast CoastConfluenceSpecial People Author:Daniel Sunjata
“Whatever is about you that is translated into your art, that's gonna keep you completly original and fresh and I just think that, that's just the best advice I can give, to an artist creatively.” ThinkingGivingArtI CanArtistAdviceOriginalsBest AdviceBubba Author:Bubba Sparxxx
“Clown' was written when I couldn't find anyone who believed in me as an artist. Maybe those labels will think twice next time a young songwriter comes along.” ThinkingYoungArtistNextWrittenLabelsSongwritersNext TimeClownThink Twice Author:Emeli Sande
“I think Prince should open up a little more to other artists. Just because we love Prince. Especially the old stuff - we love him to death. But if he opened up he would be something to deal with. Imagine Kanye West producing a Prince track? It would be banoodles!” IfsThinkingShouldLittlesWould BeArtistStuffDealsImagineWestTrackOld Stuff Author:Jamie Foxx
“I think that an artist is a bit like a computer. He receives information from the world around him and from his past and from his own experiences. And it all goes into the brain.” ThinkingWorldPastArtistBitsBrainInformationComputer Author:Gerald Scarfe
“I think I'm more influenced, just in general, not by blues artists, but more by stuff from Curtis Mayfield, Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder is probably my biggest musical influence of all. And Donny Hathaway.” ThinkingArtistStuffWonderInfluenceMusicalMusical Influence Author:Jonny Lang
“I think the best songs are being written by the very under-stated, under-appreciated indie artists. The thing that separates them from mainstream success is they either consciously or unknowingly refuse to deliver on a big chorus.” ThinkingBigsArtistSongWrittenRefuseMainstreamAppreciatedChorus Author:Ryan Tedder
“I started playing guitar and writing songs when I was 15. I think what mainly sparked my interest was just the fact that I grew up listening to Cheryl King, Joni Mitchell, and James Taylor, and was just always inspired by that sort of organic art, and organic songs and just very natural songwriting that came out of some of those artists.” ThinkingWritingArtFactsArtistSongInterestNaturalListeningGrewKingsGrew UpInspiredGuitarSongwritingWriting SongsPlaying Guitar Author:Kate Voegele
“I think I'm no different from any artist in music. At least once, you want to see your name up on the top.” ThinkingWantDifferentArtistNames Author:Chely Wright
“I think people like to see the lives of artists that are legends. They always go through the dark periods and I think just as humans we like to see that and them coming out of it. I love those kinds of movies.” PeopleThinkingHumansKindArtistDarkPeriodsLegendsComing Out Author:Kristen Wiig
“If you examine this, I think that you will find that it's the mechanics of Japanese architecture that have been thought of as the direct influence upon our architecture.” IfsThinkingHas BeensArtistInfluenceDirectArchitectureMechanicJapanese Architecture Author:Minoru Yamasaki
“I think whatever an artist does, it just has to be quality and good. I think the way Kanye's doing what he's doing with the Auto-Tune is actually creative because he just writes good melodies. He just writes good songs. He's just gifted.” ThinkingWayWritingDoeArtistSongQualityCreativeTunesMelodyGiftedAuto Tune Author:Will Ferrell
“A lot of hip-hop artists wear fur, and they think it's a status symbol. That doesn't register for me; I just see dead animals.” ThinkingArtistAnimalHip HopSymbolsHipsHopsFurRegisterStatus SymbolHip Hop Artist Author:Tommy Lee
“The artist never really has any control over the impact of his work. If he starts thinking about the impact of his work, then he becomes a lesser artist.” IfsThinkingArtistImpact Author:Aasif Mandvi
“I think almost every woman artist I've ever met has this ideal of being in a partnership working situation with a man, that men don't seem to share. They seem to want this ideal thing, that we'll always be together and work together.” ThinkingMenWantSeemsTogetherArtistSituationShareMetsIdealsWorking TogetherPartnershipWoman Artist Author:Tom Verlaine
“I think it's shameful when you sell out. It depends what kind of artist you wanna be, but I don't want my name anywhere near another brand.” ThinkingWantKindArtistNamesDependsSellsBrandsShameful Author:Adele
“You have to be narcissistic to be an artist. You have to think you are the centre of the whole thing otherwise why do you create? The only thing is to recognise it, and then you make the best of it.” ThinkingWholeArtistCentreNarcissisticRecogniseMake The Best Of It Author:Marjane Satrapi
“I think Taylor Swift is a really good artist. I feel like her personality shines through everything she does, her music, her fashion, her style. She won Album of the Year, and she’s a really good writer. I’m a song writer so I respect artists who write their own songs. She won Album of the Year when she was 18 or something like that so, I think she’s dope.” ThinkingFeelsWritingYearsDoeArtistSongFashionStylePersonalityShiningAlbumsDopeGood WritersLike HerGood ArtGood Artist Author:Mike Posner
“You need others. Too often people think that being unique means being isolated, and being a great artist means coming up with genius ideas out of nowhere. Nothing could be farther from the truth.” PeopleThinkingNeedsMeanIdeasArtistGeniusUniqueIsolatedGreat ArtGreat ArtistBeing Unique Author:John Lasseter
“A lot of people say I tried to emulate Tupac, but when I look back at my career, we're very different artists. I took pages out of Pac's book, of course, and lots of other rappers - Biggie, Nas - of course you take pages out of those books, but you eventually make it your own thing. And I think I did a good job of that.” PeopleThinkingLooksBookDifferentJobsArtistCoursesCareersPagesRapperGood JobEmulatePacsBiggie Author:Ja Rule
“We, as artists, we have the right to express ourselves. That is our first amendment, freedom of speech. But I also believe that we have an obligation to the youth to be somewhat responsible in what we say on records. But I think that comes with age. I think that comes with artists growing up and becoming assured of who they are as people.” PeopleThinkingFirstsBelieveAgeArtistGrowing UpRecordsGrowingYouthBecomingSpeechResponsibleObligationAmendmentsFreedom Of SpeechAssuredFirst Amendment Author:Ja Rule
“If you're using a computer as an artist and expressing your personal vision, I think your personal vision comes through.” IfsThinkingArtistVisionComputerPersonal Vision Author:Dave Gibbons
“I guess maybe my art can be said to be a protest. I see things a certain way, and as an artist I’m privileged in that arena to protest or say publicly what I’m thinking about. Maybe the strongest work I’ve done is because it was done with indignation. Considering myself as a feminist, I don’t want my work to be a reaction to what male art might be or what art with a capital A would be. I just want it to be art. In a convoluted way, I am protesting- protesting the usual way art is looked at, being shoved into a period or category.” ThinkingWayWantArtSaidDoneMightWould BeArtistCertainPeriodsArt IsMalesFeministReactionsProtestStrongestCategoriesUsualConsideringPrivilegedArenaIndignationConvoluted Author:Nancy Spero
“I think it's the pain and suffering that drive you to become an artist. The art itself should be the pain, sort of exorcising every demon and making you feel like you're a person that matters.” ThinkingFeelsShouldPersonsArtMatterPainArtistSufferingLike YouDemonPain And Suffering Author:Marilyn Manson
“I think confidence is the most appealing quality in any human being or any artist; that's what really attracts us to people.” PeopleThinkingHumansArtistHuman BeingsQuality Author:Marilyn Manson
“I think I can see people wanting to hear more music-music now as opposed to all hip-hop. You know, which I have nothing against hip-hop. I think some of it is really good. But on the other hand, some of the real great artists are just being lost because they're not getting the airplay or anything to make them inspired to record again.” PeopleThinkingKnowsI CanRealHandsArtistLostRecordsInspiredHip HopHipsHopsJust BeingGreat ArtGreat Artist Author:Nickolas Ashford
“I would wake up at night and think, 'What the hell have I gotten myself into? You don't want to do that!' But you gotta do something, and with art, there's freedom - which is actually very seldom practiced by artists.” ThinkingWantArtArtistNightHellWake Up Author:Richard Artschwager
“I think we're in an age where artists really have an incredible range of materials at their command now. They can use almost anything from household items - Jackson Pollock used house paint - to, you know, advanced computer systems, to good old oil paint and acrylic paint.” ThinkingKnowsUseAgeUsedArtistHouseMaterialsComputerPaintIncrediblesOilCommandRangeHouseholdItemsComputer SystemsPollock Author:Bill Viola
“I think with anything where you delve into the back story of an artist, it kind of explains their work more intimately.” ThinkingKindStoriesArtist Author:Aaron Taylor-Johnson
“Works of art produced in the contemporary world are a further expression of that. But I don't think there is an active, ongoing nihilist self-consciousness in the artist.” ThinkingWorldArtSelfArtistConsciousnessExpressionActiveContemporaryWorks Of ArtOngoingSelf ConsciousnessNihilist Author:Leonard Baskin
“I think there is an element of nihilism about, but I don't think most artists feel their work is meaningless.” ThinkingFeelsArtistElementsMeaninglessNihilism Author:Leonard Baskin
“You can think of a painter as a trio - the artist, his talent and his muse, the last two always on the lookout for a new brush man.” ThinkingMenTwoLastsArtistTalentPaintingPainterMuseBrushesTrios Author:Robert Breault